sparknotes
The Fellowship of the Rings
Important Quotations Explained
1. “I
wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So
do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times.
But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what
to do with the time that is given us.”
2. “Many
that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you
give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
3. “[Bilbo]
used to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river:
its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary.”




