Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
J. R. R. TOLKIENOft hope is born when all is forlorn.
J. R. R. TOLKIENYou can only come to the morning through the shadows.
J. R. R. TOLKIENMany that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFalse hopes are more dangerous than fears.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. TOLKIENMoonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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. TOLKIENI am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
J. R. R. TOLKIENAnd 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. TOLKIENI was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat does your heart tell you?
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 wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFair speech may hide a foul heart.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN