Citáty

''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.''

''Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.''

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

''These are not holes. This is the great realm and city of the Dwarrowdelf. And of old it was not darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remembered in our songs.''

''The lesson in caution has been well learned. But caution is one thing and weavering is another.''

''It's like this, if I've done any harm, I'm sorry indeed. But one thing drives out another, as you'l admit; and I'm a busy man.''

''But where shall I find courage? That is what I chiefly need.''
''Courage is found in unlikely places.''

''They seem a bit above my likes and dislikes, so to speak. They are quite different from what I expected - so old and so young, and so gay and sad, as it were.''

''But no living man am I. You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.''

''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.''

''Give us that, Déagol, my love''
''Why?''
''Because it's my birthday, my love, and I wants it.''

''It would be cool and shady under those mountains. The Sun could not watch me there.''

''There now! Where there's a whip there's a will, my slugs. Hold up! I'd give you a nice freshener now, only you'll get as much lash as your skins will carry when you come in late to your camp. Do you good. Don't you know we're at war?''

''I am a messenger of the King. You are speaking to the King's friend and one of the most renowned in all the lands of the West. You are a ruffian and a fool. Down on your knees in the road and ask pardon, or I'll set this troll's bane in you!''

''Hither shall the flowers of simbelmynë come never unto world's end. Nine mounds and seven there are now green with grass, and through all the long years he has lain at the door that he could not unlock. Whither does it lead? Why would he pass? None shall ever know!''

''All right, all right! That's quite enough. I don't want to hear no more. No welcome, no beer, no smoke and a lot of rules and orc-talk instead. I hoped to have a rest, but I can see there's work and trouble ahead. Let's sleep and forget it till morning!''

''Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart.''

''There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same.''

''Now at any rate he is as bad as an Orc, and just an enemy. He deserves death.''
''Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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.''

''It is sad that we should meet only thus in the ending. For the world is changig: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air. I do not think we shall meet again.''

''This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.''

''Your Ladyship, all we want is light and water: Just clean water and plain daylight, better than any jewels, begging your pardon.''

''Now come, you filth! You've hurt my master, you brute, and you'll pay for it. We're going on; but we'll settle with you first. Come on, and taste it again!''

''Elves seldom give unguarded advice for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise and all courses may run ill.''

''A traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend.''