A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
J. R. R. TOLKIENA safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDo 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. TOLKIENAll’s well that ends better.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDon’t go where I can’t follow!
J. R. R. TOLKIENThere is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat does your heart tell you?
J. R. R. TOLKIENSo comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
J. R. R. TOLKIENLiving by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFor like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDon’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
J. R. R. TOLKIENHow shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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. TOLKIENHow do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN