One has personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression; but as the years go by it seems now often forgotten that to be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than to be involved in 1939 and the following years. By 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead.
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 …
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.
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.
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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