“ I propose to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faërie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but in me she loves only a shadow and a thought: a hope of glory and great deeds, and lands far from th… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell J.R.R. Tolkien
“ With a suddenness that startled them all the wizard sprang to his feet. He was laughing! I have it! he cried. Of course, of course! Absurdly simple, like most riddles when you see the answer.Picking u… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I wonder,' said Frodo. 'It's my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found. But will good or evil show it to me? J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Far more often [than asking the question 'Is it true?'] they [children] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That is, they were far more concerned to get the Right side and the Wrong side clea… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Children are meant to grow up, and not to become Peter Pans. Not to lose innocence and wonder, but to proceed on the appointed journey: that journey upon which it is certainly not better to travel hop… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explanation? J.R.R. Tolkien
“ A good vocabulary is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary of one's age group. It comes from reading books above one. J.R.R. Tolkien
