THE LORD OF THE RINGS QUOTES

quotations from The Lord of the Rings

A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.

ARAGORN

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Tags: friends


The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.

WARDEN

The Return of the King


Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.

GANDALF

The Fellowship of the Ring


Nobody tosses a dwarf.

GIMLI

The Fellowship of the Ring


Spoilin' nice fish. Give it to us raw and w-r-r-riggling; you keep nasty chips.

GOLLUM

The Two Towers


The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny.

FARAMIR

The Return of the King


Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

GIMLI

The Fellowship of the Ring


The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it.

GALADRIEL

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Tags: change


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.

BILBO

The Fellowship of the Ring


Show them no mercy ... for you shall receive none!

ARAGORN

The Two Towers

Tags: mercy


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 ... White shores ... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.

GANDALF

The Return of the King

Tags: death


The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

FARAMIR

The Two Towers

Tags: praise


War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.

FARAMIR

The Two Towers


I'm wasted on cross-country! We Dwarves are natural sprinters, very dangerous over short distances.

GIMLI

The Two Towers


War will make corpses of us all.

FARAMIR

The Two Towers

Tags: war


Do not spoil the wonder with haste!

LEGOLAS

The Return of the King


You can search far and wide. You can drink the whole town dry. But you'll never find a beer so brown as the one we drink in our hometown. You can drink your fancy ales. You can drink them by the flagon. But the only brew for the brave and tru-u-u-ue comes from the Green Dragon!

MERRY & PIPPIN

The Return of the King

Tags: beer


Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

LEGOLAS

The Return of the King

Tags: hope


Bring your pretty face to my axe.

GIMLI

The Two Towers


You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.

TREEBEARD

The Two Towers