J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

See you on the other side, kid.

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

I do not expect to see home again, though that is what I want.

At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.

I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell.

No one but me can save myself though its too late, death greets me warm, now i will just say goodbye.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

I am dying, Egypt, dying.

You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes.

In every parting there is an image of death.

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the day's work.

Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be.

Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.

Oh my God, if I know anything, I know I'm gonna die! I never forget that. I know I'll be forgotten in a minute, and that's just fine with me.

I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore.

Now God be praised, I will die in peace.

He has slipped the surly bonds of public service.

This is the last of earth! I am content.

Many of us come into the world with a clenched fist, but we all leave with an open hand.

I don't fear death. If it happens, it was meant to happen.

His door is closed behind me. It's staying closed. He's letting me go. I think I've made myself very clear, but no ones stepping forward to stop me. A lot of you cared, just not enough. And that...that is what i needed to find out. And I did find out. And I'm sorry.

There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.

It's easier for me to accept that I can't play anymore because I literally gave it all I got. That allows me to be a little bit more at peace.

When the music stopped, it could have been forever since we'd begun. My grandfather took a step back, and the light grew yellow at his back. 'I'm going,' he said. 'Where?' I asked. 'Don't worry, sweetheart. You're so close.' He turned and walked away, disappearing rapidly into spots and dust. Infinity.