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“How do I feel?' he cried. ' Well, I don't know how to say it. I feel, I feel' – he waved his arms in the air – 'I feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have ever heard!' He stopped and he turned towards his master.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
“I wish you would not always speak so confidently without knowledge.”
― Unfinished Tales
― Unfinished Tales
“Roast the chestnuts, heat the wine,
Pass the cups along the line,
Gather round, the log burns bright,
It's warm as toast inside tonight,”
― The Secret Staircase
Pass the cups along the line,
Gather round, the log burns bright,
It's warm as toast inside tonight,”
― The Secret Staircase
“Yes, it is difficult," I answered. "But not impossibly difficult, or I would not waste my time here. I would say absurdly difficult.”
― Unfinished Tales
― Unfinished Tales
“Gandalf faced and suffered death; and came back or was sent back, as he says, with enhanced power. But though one may be in this reminded of the Gospels, it is not really the same thing at all. The Incarnation of God is an infinitely greater thing than anything I would dare to write. Here I am only concerned with Death as part of the nature, physical and spiritual, of Man, and with Hope without guarantees.
Letter 181
To Michael Straight [drafts]”
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter 181
To Michael Straight [drafts]”
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
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