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Time

J. R. R. Tolkien | time

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.

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Food

J. R. R. Tolkien | food

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

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Faith

J. R. R. Tolkien | faith

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

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courage

J. R. R. Tolkien | courage

Courage is found in unlikely places.

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anger

Quote from J. R. R. Tolkien | anger

anger

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The Return of the King

Quote from J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.

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The Lord of the Rings

Quote from J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Roads Go Ever OnRoads go ever ever on,Over rock and under tree,By caves where never sun has shone,By streams that never find the sea;Over snow by winter sown,And through the merry flowers of June,Over grass and over stone,And under mountains in the moon.Roads go ever ever on,Under cloud and under star.Yet feet that wandering have goneTurn at last to home afar.Eyes that fire and sword have seen,And horror in the halls of stoneLook at last on meadows green,And trees and hills they long have known.The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with eager feet,Until it joins some larger way,Where many paths and errands meet.The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with weary feet,Until it joins some larger way,Where many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I cannot say.The Road goes ever on and onOut from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone.Let others follow, if they can!Let them a journey new begin.But I at last with weary feetWill turn towards the lighted inn,My evening-rest and sleep to meet.

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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Quote from J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Criticism – however valid or intellectually engaging – tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off).

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The Hobbit

Quote from J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Do 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?

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Morgoth's Ring

Quote from J.R.R. Tolkien, Morgoth’s Ring

Indeed if fish had fish-lore and Wise-fish, it is probable that the business of anglers would be very little hindered.

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