J. R. R. Tolkien on memories
J. R. R. Tolkien96 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.”
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien The wise speak only of what they know
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Courage is found in unlikely places.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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