Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

English - Novelist January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. Tolkien

Wait, New, Still

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. J. R. R. Tolkien

Deep, Strong, Old

Not all those who wander are lost. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Not all those who wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkien

Lost, Wander, Those

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J. R. R. Tolkien

Faith, Road, He

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J. R. R. Tolkien

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J. R. R. Tolkien

Food, Song, More

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J. R. R. Tolkien

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. J. R. R. Tolkien

Time, Decide, Given

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. - J. R. R. Tolkien

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. J. R. R. Tolkien

Never, Started, Longest

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. J. R. R. Tolkien

Strength, Been, Use

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. - J. R. R. Tolkien

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. J. R. R. Tolkien

Golden, Hid, Lid

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out. J. R. R. Tolkien

World, About, Wide

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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! J. R. R. Tolkien

Ending, Snow, Even

Courage is found in unlikely places. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Courage is found in unlikely places. J. R. R. Tolkien

Courage, Places, Unlikely

Short cuts make long delays. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Short cuts make long delays. J. R. R. Tolkien

Short, Delays, Make

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. J. R. R. Tolkien

Leave, Dragon, Does

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. J. R. R. Tolkien

Yes, Will, Counsel

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. J. R. R. Tolkien

Die, Give, Some

A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen. - J. R. R. Tolkien

A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen. J. R. R. Tolkien

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. J. R. R. Tolkien

Deserve, Like, Half

Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world. J. R. R. Tolkien

Art, Religious, Contain

I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. J. R. R. Tolkien

Stupid, Been, Inhabitants

If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth. J. R. R. Tolkien

Natural, Based, Particularly

I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me. J. R. R. Tolkien

Never, Always, Getting

It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered. J. R. R. Tolkien

Own, Discovered, Spoke

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly. J. R. R. Tolkien

May, Rebuke, Folly

A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds. J. R. R. Tolkien

Safe, Worlds, Untrue

The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link. J. R. R. Tolkien

Original, Sentence, Very

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