J. R. R. Tolkien quotes - page 4

For myth is alive at once and in all its parts, and dies before it can be dissected. (J. R. R. Tolkien)
Art has been verified. God is the Lord, of angels, and of men - and of elves. Legend and History have met and fused. View quote
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In Paradise perchance the eye may stray from gazing upon everlasting Day to see the day illumined, and renew from mirrored truth the likeness of the True. View quote
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Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls? View quote
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Wizards after all are wizards! View quote
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It's an ill wind as blows nobody no good, as I always say. And All's well as ends Better! View quote
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That story was the only thing I have ever done which cost me absolutely no pains at all. View quote
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The Evangelium has not abrogated legends; it has hallowed them, especially the "happy ending." View quote
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The news today about "Atomic bombs" is so horrifying one is stunned. View quote
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All tales may come true; and yet, at the last, redeemed, they may be as like and unlike the forms that we give them as Man, finally redeemed, will be like and unlike the fallen that we know. View quote
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My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy. (J. R. R. Tolkien)
But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to. View quote
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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes. View quote
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I have in this War a burning private grudge - which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that ruddy little ignoramus Adolf Hitler. View quote
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The heart of Man is not compound of lies, but draws some wisdom from the only Wise. View quote
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Nothing has astonished me more (and I think my publishers) than the welcome given to The Lord of the Rings. View quote
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I think we shall have to give the region a name. What do you propose? View quote
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I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone. View quote
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It gives me great pleasure, a good name. I always in writing start with a name. Give me a name and it produces a story, not the other way about normally. View quote
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[C]ontrary to most people, I think that touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire but it's damn good for you. View quote
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The mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and able to fly, turn grey lead into yellow gold, and the still rock into a swift water. If it could do the one, it could do the other; it inevitably did both. When we can take green from grass, blue from heaven, and red from blood, we have already an enchanter's power. (J. R. R. Tolkien)
I have in this War a burning private grudge - which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that ruddy little ignoramus Adolf Hitler (for the odd thing about demonic inspiration and impetus is that it in no way enhances the purely intellectual stature: it chiefly affects the mere will). Ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed, that noble northern spirit, a supreme contribution to Europe, which I have ever loved, and tried to present in its true light. View quote
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Little by little, one travels far. View quote
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The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to do such work for war-purposes: calmly plotting the destruction of the world! Such explosives in men's hands, while their moral and intellectual status is declining, is about as useful as giving out firearms to all inmates of a gaol and then saying that you hope 'this will ensure peace'. But one good thing may arise out of it, I suppose, if the write-ups are not overheated: Japan ought to cave in. Well we're in God's hands. But He does not look kindly on Babel-builders. View quote
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End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. View quote
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