Return Of The King Quotes

• Alas, not me, lord!" she said. "Shadow lies on me still. Look not to me for healing! I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is ungentle.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Lying, Healing, Hands

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.939, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Sad, Grief, Evil

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.1007, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, Light, May

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.266, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Strength, Being Strong, Fantasy Novels

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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.
  
  From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
  A light from the shadows shall spring;
  Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
  The crownless again shall be king.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Faith, Strong, Kings

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hurt, Often Is, Giving

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.691, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Yet seldom do they fail of their seed, And that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of Men will outlast us.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Spring, Lying, Men

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.855, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Friendship, Goodbye, Peace

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.1007, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" “But no living man am I!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Men, Fool, May

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.823, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. It can be so, sometimes.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Doe, May, Traitor

  "The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings".

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• And if Sam considered himself lucky, Frodo knew he was more lucky himself; for there was not a hobbit in the Shire that was looked after with such care.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Lucky, Care, Frodo

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  And Love, Want, Eowyn

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.943, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun; and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a Shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Song, Joy, Departed

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.153, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspiring, Encouraging, Travel

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There is no ship now that can bear me hence

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Ships, Bears

  "Fictional character: Arwen". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• I do not believe this darkness will endure.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Believe, Darkness

  "Fictional character: Faramir". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hope, Light, Shadow

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.901, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Journey, Path, Lord Of The Ring

  "Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Years, Weather, Evil

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.861, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• What does your heart tell you?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Heart, Doe, Obi Wan Kenobi

  "Fictional character: Aragorn". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
  The crownless again shall be king.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Kings, Roots, Fantasy Novels

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• How do you pick up the threads of an old life? 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...that have taken hold.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hurt, Taken, Heart

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• 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.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Country, Rain, Journey

  "Fictional characters: Pippin, Gandalf". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Farewell, Saying Goodbye, Years

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.691, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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