Tag: J. R. R. Tolkien
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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‘I wish life was not so short,’ he thought. ‘Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.’
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Don’t go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you’ll land in trouble too big for you.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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I 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. Tolkien
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They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‘first chapters’. I have indeed written many.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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All 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 reached by the frost.
J. R. R. Tolkien