I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
J. R. R. TOLKIENMay the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThe wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
J. R. R. TOLKIENLiving by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAnd then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIn a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThere is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll’s well that ends better.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThen something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhere there’s life there’s hope.
J. R. R. TOLKIENShort cuts make long delays.
J. R. R. TOLKIENNot all those who wander are lost.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFor even the very wise cannot see all ends.
J. R. R. TOLKIENA safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN