J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes - Page 5

How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep.

I propose to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faërie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold.

Man, Sub-creator, the refracted Light
through whom is splintered from a single White
to many hues, and endlessly combined
in living shapes that move from mind to mind.

The mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift, also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and be able to fly, turn grey lead into yellow gold, and the still rock into a swift water.

We are plain quiet folk and I have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!

We are plain qiuet folk and I have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!
(Bilbo Beutlin in: The Hobbit)

My mind does not change with the rising and setting of a few suns

Elves are wondrous fair to look upon.

Muchos de los que viven merecen morir y algunos de los que mueren merecen la vida. ¿Puedes devolver la vida? Entonces no te apresures a dispensar la muerte, pues ni el más sabio conoce el fin de todos los caminos.

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, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort.

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air.

Ask not the elves for advice, because they will tell you both 'yes' and 'no'.

Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!

On ne peut la voir, on ne peut la sentir,
On ne peut l'entendre, on ne peut la respirer.
Elle s'étend derrière les étoiles et sous les collines.
Elle remplit les trous vides.
Elle vient d'abord et suit après.
Elle termine la vie, tue le rire.

(L'obscurité)

Vivant sans souffle,
Froid comme la mort,
Jamais assoiffé, toujours buvant,
En cotte de mailles, jamais cliquetant.

(Le poisson)

Trente chevaux sur une colline rouge;
D'abord ils mâchonnent,
Puis ils frappent leur marque,
Ensuite ils restent immobiles.

(Les dents)

Ce n'était pas un trou déplaisant, sale et humide, rempli de bouts de vers et d'une atmosphère suintante, non plus qu'un trou sec, nu, sablonneux, sans rien pour s'asseoir ni sur quoi manger : c'était un trou de hobbit, ce qui implique le confort".

For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road.

He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself).