J. R. R. Tolkien on habit
J. R. R. Tolkien96 quotes“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to”
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Short cuts make long delays.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Where there’s life there’s hope.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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