J.r.r. Tolkien

Quotes

• “I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is p...”
• “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to e...”
• “Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gateAnd though I oft have passed them by A day will come at...”
• “End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of t...”
• “Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I goTo heal my heart and drown my woeRain may fall, and wind may blowAnd many miles be still t...”
• “And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in...”
• “Small wonder that spell means both a story told, and a formula of power over living men. -On Fairy Stories”
• “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
• “I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.”
• “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
• “Courage is found in unlikely places.”
• “Little by little, one travels far”
• “Never laugh at live dragons.”