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“A traitor may betray himself and do good he does not intend.” (The Return of the King Quotes)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men of war, that here was one whom no Rider of the Mark could outmatch in battle.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“And yet their wills did not yield, and they struggled on.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“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: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man’s heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“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
The Return of the King
“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.” (The Return of the King Quotes)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“I feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have ever heard!”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“If this is victory, then our hands are too small to hold it.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“If this nice friendliness would spread out in Mordor, half our trouble would be over.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“I’ll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind,” said Sam. “And I’ll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“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
The Return of the King
“It is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say too much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“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
The Return of the King
“No more debates disturbed his mind. He knew all the arguments of despair and would not listen to them. His will was set, and only death would break it.” (The Return of the King Quotes)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or star are left to me. I am naked in the dark, Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“The hands of a king are the hands of a healer.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King
“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
The Return of the King
“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
The Return of the King
