Occassionally on the street you might encounter a bumper sticker that reads, "Not all who wander are lost". Sadly, it is almost invariably written without citation, and so most people probably assume that it's just a cute invention by the same creative minds that brought you bumper stickers like "I go from zero to bitch in 2.5 seconds", or "My other ride is a..."
But the line was actually penned in Middle-Earth, and it refers to Aragorn, son of Arathorn, also known as Strider. The full quote is below.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not whither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
-J.R.R. Tolkein, The Lord of the Rings
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