10 Quotes That Will Make You Want To Read Tolkien (Again)
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
If you are a reader, you probably have a few writers who you think taught you a lot about life and that you look up to them. There are several writers that I have read with this level of excitement, the top on this list is J.R.R. who is known for his amazing works of fiction such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
So much so that Tolkien is a writer who seems completely independent of the world we live in, but begins to describe the world we live in with values and teachings at many points. He is a unique traveler who presents his narratives in a completely different dimension with fantastic stories and tales and at the same time makes us a partner in his own travels.
So what can we learn about life from such a traveler?
Here are my 10 favorite quotes from J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit:
- “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
2. “Pippin: I didn’t think it would end this way.
Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
Pippin: What? Gandalf? See what?
Gandalf: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
Pippin: Well, that isn’t so bad.
Gandalf: No. No, it isn’t.”
3. “Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”
4. “I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.”
5. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
6. “May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”
7. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
8. “That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.”
9. “If ever you are passing my way,” said Bilbo, “don’t wait to knock! Tea is at four; but any of you are welcome at any time!”
10. “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
