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).
My Precious, my Precious. - J. R. R. Tolkien
My Precious, my Precious.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
Aure entuluva! day shall come again! - J. R. R. Tolkien
Aure entuluva! day shall come again!
Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima! - J. R. R. Tolkien
Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima!
And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside. - J. R. R. Tolkien
And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.
Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod) - J. R. R. Tolkien
Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod)
There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they … - J. R. R. Tolkien
There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they …
How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back. - J. R. R. Tolkien
How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
If this nice friendliness would spread about in Mordor, half our trouble would be over. - J. R. R. Tolkien
If this nice friendliness would spread about in Mordor, half our trouble would be over.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J. R. R. Tolkien
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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