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J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I found not being able to use a pen or pencil as defeating as the loss of her beak would be to a hen. I found not being able to use a pen or pencil as defeating as the loss of her beak would be to a hen.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Art moves them and they don't know what they've been moved by and they get quite drunk on it. Art moves them and they don't know what they've been moved by and they get quite drunk on it.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Books ought to have good endings.How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after? Books ought to have good endings.How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Go now, and die in what way seems best to you. Go now, and die in what way seems best to you.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: ...as young and as ancient as Spring.... ...as young and as ancient as Spring....
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it! Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it!
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: For still there are so many thingsthat I have never seen:in every wood in every springthere is a different green. For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: He will not serve, only command. He lives now in terror of the shadow of Mordor, and yet he still dreams of riding the storm. Unhappy He will not serve, only command. He lives now in terror of the shadow of Mordor, and yet he still dreams of riding the storm. Unhappy
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes. Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation - This story begins and ends in joy. The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation - This story begins and ends in joy.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise. The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: But there, my friends, songs like trees bear fruit only in their own time and their own way: and sometimes they are withered untimely. But there, my friends, songs like trees bear fruit only in their own time and their own way: and sometimes they are withered untimely.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming Mr. Frodo! His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming Mr. Frodo!
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Far over the misty mountains cold. To dungeons deep, and caverns old Far over the misty mountains cold. To dungeons deep, and caverns old
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: All shall love me and despair. All shall love me and despair.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter. Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Ring a ding dillo del! derry, del, my hearties! If you come soon you'll find breakfast on the table. If you come late you'll get grass and rain-water! Ring a ding dillo del! derry, del, my hearties! If you come soon you'll find breakfast on the table. If you come late you'll get grass and rain-water!
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: But what has it got in its pocketses, eh? But what has it got in its pocketses, eh?
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope! Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope!
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Short cuts make long delays,' argued Pippin. Short cuts make long delays,' argued Pippin.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Not all those who wonder are lost. Not all those who wonder are lost.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Nor do I think that we should succeed, if we tried. There are other powers at work far stronger. Nor do I think that we should succeed, if we tried. There are other powers at work far stronger.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious. It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Better mistrust undeserved than rash words. Better mistrust undeserved than rash words.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Against the coming in of evil I may do much,' she answered. 'But against the going out of those who will go, nothing. Against the coming in of evil I may do much,' she answered. 'But against the going out of those who will go, nothing.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: For he gave it up in the end of his own accord: an important point. No, For he gave it up in the end of his own accord: an important point. No,
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts. Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it. A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Things might have been different, but they could not have been better. Things might have been different, but they could not have been better.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I can't be the Ring-bearer. Not without Mr. Frodo! I can't be the Ring-bearer. Not without Mr. Frodo!
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon. You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Farmer Giles went home feeling very uncomfortable. He was finding that a local reputation may require keeping up, and that may prove awkward. Farmer Giles went home feeling very uncomfortable. He was finding that a local reputation may require keeping up, and that may prove awkward.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: He did not falter, as long as there was a path that led toward his goal. He did not falter, as long as there was a path that led toward his goal.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: ... she shone in beauty upon the shore; Long did my glance on her alight, and the longer I looked I knew her more. ... she shone in beauty upon the shore; Long did my glance on her alight, and the longer I looked I knew her more.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth. If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Never laugh at live dragons. Never laugh at live dragons.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I pity snails, and all that carry their homes on their backs. I pity snails, and all that carry their homes on their backs.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can. Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: But time does not stand still, though the Sun be lost. But time does not stand still, though the Sun be lost.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: It's the deep breath before the plunge. It's the deep breath before the plunge.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I have an unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow. I have an unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting. Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: There is still hope. There is still hope.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The hasty stroke oft goes astray. The hasty stroke oft goes astray.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know. Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The westward road seems easiest. Therefore it must be shunned. The westward road seems easiest. Therefore it must be shunned.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done. And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge. I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities. Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: An old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which his long white beard hung down An old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which his long white beard hung down
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom. His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: true courage is not knowing when to take a life, but when to spare one"~Gandalf true courage is not knowing when to take a life, but when to spare one"
~Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil. You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: But Iluvatar knew that Men, being set amid the turmoils of the powers of the world, would stray often, and would not use their gifts in harmony But Iluvatar knew that Men, being set amid the turmoils of the powers of the world, would stray often, and would not use their gifts in harmony
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Nay, the guest who has escaped from the roof, will think twice before he comes back in by the door. Nay, the guest who has escaped from the roof, will think twice before he comes back in by the door.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten. I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: You speak evil of that which is fair beyond the reach of your thought, and only little wit can excuse you. You speak evil of that which is fair beyond the reach of your thought, and only little wit can excuse you.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I am a Christian and of course what I write will be from that essential viewpoint. I am a Christian and of course what I write will be from that essential viewpoint.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Still she did not blench: maiden of the Rohirrim, child of kings, slender but as a steel-blade, fair yet terrible. Still she did not blench: maiden of the Rohirrim, child of kings, slender but as a steel-blade, fair yet terrible.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Green are the leaves I leave in Mirkwood. Green are the leaves I leave in Mirkwood.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: In her hand she held a harp, and she sang. Sad and sweet was the sound of her voice in the cool clear air. In her hand she held a harp, and she sang. Sad and sweet was the sound of her voice in the cool clear air.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: he can see through a brick wall in time (as they say in Bree). But he can see through a brick wall in time (as they say in Bree). But
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Just why Mr. Frodo was selling his beautiful hole was even more debatable than the price. Just why Mr. Frodo was selling his beautiful hole was even more debatable than the price.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: You can't trust us to let you face trouble alone. You can't trust us to let you face trouble alone.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Bilbo of course ought to have been on his guard; but Smaug had rather an overwhelming personality. Bilbo of course ought to have been on his guard; but Smaug had rather an overwhelming personality.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory. I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: It's got to ask uss a question, my preciouss, yes, yess, yesss. Jusst one more question to guess, yes, yess," said Gollum. It's got to ask uss a question, my preciouss, yes, yess, yesss. Jusst one more question to guess, yes, yess," said Gollum.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside. And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something. Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I look foul and feel fair. I look foul and feel fair.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near. But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Farewell!' he said to Gandalf. 'I go to find the Sun! Farewell!' he said to Gandalf. 'I go to find the Sun!
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards. The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Above all shadows rides the Sunand Stars for ever dwell:I will not say the Day is done,nor bid the Stars farewell. Above all shadows rides the Sun
and Stars for ever dwell:
I will not say the Day is done,
nor bid the Stars farewell.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: We spend our waning strength to no avail. For till we be sure where the Dragon will pass, it is vain to climb.' 'But We spend our waning strength to no avail. For till we be sure where the Dragon will pass, it is vain to climb.' 'But
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters. You did rightly. One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters. You did rightly.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Until the coming of another day of fear, they walked in silence with bowed heads. Until the coming of another day of fear, they walked in silence with bowed heads.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Strange are the turns of fortune! Often does hatred hurt itself! Strange are the turns of fortune! Often does hatred hurt itself!
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomable at the foundations of the Earth. For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomable at the foundations of the Earth.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The 'fairy-story' is really an adult genre, and one for which a starving audience exists. The 'fairy-story' is really an adult genre, and one for which a starving audience exists.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin. I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: They rode on through sunset, and slow dusk, and gathering night. They rode on through sunset, and slow dusk, and gathering night.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The fires went out, and blank darkness fell. The Company stood rooted with horror sraring into the pit. The fires went out, and blank darkness fell. The Company stood rooted with horror sraring into the pit.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused. Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: True education is a kind of never ending story - a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness. True education is a kind of never ending story - a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Grief is a hone to a hard mind. Grief is a hone to a hard mind.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: And what more can hobbits do? They can be comic, but their comedy is suburban unless it is set against things more elemental. And what more can hobbits do? They can be comic, but their comedy is suburban unless it is set against things more elemental.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I am he that walks unseen. I am he that walks unseen.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I shall claim full amends for every fall and stubbed toe, if you do not lead us well. I shall claim full amends for every fall and stubbed toe, if you do not lead us well.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: The treacherous are ever distrustful. The treacherous are ever distrustful.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Short cuts make long delays. Short cuts make long delays.
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: I tried to find one; but warriors are busy fighting one another in distant lands, I tried to find one; but warriors are busy fighting one another in distant lands,
J.R.R. Tolkien quotes: Fantasy (in this sense) is, I think, not a lower but a higher form of Art, indeed the most nearly pure form, and so (when achieved) the most potent. Fantasy (in this sense) is, I think, not a lower but a higher form of Art, indeed the most nearly pure form, and so (when achieved) the most potent.

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