In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIn this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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. TOLKIENVoiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
J. R. R. TOLKIENSo comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhere there’s life there’s hope.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIn sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
J. R. R. TOLKIENYou can only come to the morning through the shadows.
J. R. R. TOLKIENSorry! 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. TOLKIENMay the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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. TOLKIENBut in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAnd he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat does your heart tell you?
J. R. R. TOLKIENI warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
J. R. R. TOLKIENA man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN