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Jun 5, 2024 • 16 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

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J.R.R. Tolkien's quotes are cultural touchstones that reflect Tolkien's deep understanding of human nature, the importance of courage, hope, and the enduring power of good.

Here are 15 of his most memorable quotes! 🧵⤵️

1. "Not all those who wander are lost." - Bilbo Baggins

2. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - Gandalf

3. "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." - Galadriel

4. "There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for." - Sam Gangee

5. "It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life." - The Fellowship of the Ring

6. "The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." - The Fellowship of the Ring

7. "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." - Gimli

8. "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." - Gandalf

9. "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and 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 us." - from The Fellowship of the Ring

10. "Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars." - The Lord of the Rings

11. “I will not walk backward in life.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin

12. "Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised." - Aragorn

13. “but where there's life there's hope, and need of of vittles.” - Sam Gangee

14. "It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish." - Samwise Gangee

15. "I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil." - Gandalf

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