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The Best Of J.R.R. Tolkien

Featuring one of my favorite insults: "Fool of a Took!"

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J.R.R. Tolkien is quite possible the greatest author of all time for writing "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, in addition to "The Hobbit." Each book is approximately 300 pages long, which is a pretty big time commitment to read. The movies, though fantastic, are also quite long. "The Hobbit" was split into three movies, bringing us to six movies, with the inclusion of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Adding together the run-time of each movie creates a grand total of 1,032 minutes. And did I mention there's extended versions of each and every movie? Although I am a die-hard fan and have both read the books and seen the movies numerous times, I understand that isn't for everyone. However, no one should be deprived of Tolkien's writing ingenuity, so here is a compilation of some of the best quotes ever composed:

1. "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

2. "Darkness must pass, a new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer." - "The Two Towers"

3. "A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friend and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day." - "The Return of the King"

4. "Not all those who wander are lost." -"The Fellowship of the Ring"

5. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

6. "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

7. "Courage is found in unlikely places." - "The Return of the King"

8. "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - "The Hobbit"

9. "Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

10. "You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

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

12. "There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for." - "The Two Towers"

13. "I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil." - "The Return of the King"

14. "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." - "The Two Towers"

15. "The wild world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

16. "It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

17. "May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

18. "Where there's life, there's hope." - "The Hobbit"

19. "In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure." - "The Return of the King"

20. "Home is behind, the world ahead." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

21. "I am looking for someone to share in an adventure." - "The Hobbit"

22. "No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take." - "The Return of the King"

23. "The road goes ever on and on." - "The Hobbit"

24. "I don't know half of you as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

25. "Fool of a Took!" - "The Fellowship of the Ring"

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