Return of the king quotes

J. R. R. Tolkien quote about sadness from 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.”

How do you pick up the threads of an old life...

I am of the fervent belief that speculative fiction is the literature of hope. Successful grimdark authors like G.R.R. Martin and Joe Abercrombie and popular dystopian sagas like The Hunger Games notwithstanding, I believe that the main function of speculative fiction is to imagine a better world that could exist, whether it be through magic

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King quotes. This is one of the best scenes of the whole series!

Samwise, The Return of the King. One of my favorite quotes

J. R. R. Tolkien quote about darkness from The Return of the King: “in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”

“…Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. 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

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J. R. R. Tolkien quote about hope from The Return of the King: “Oft hope is born, when all is forlorn.”