Quotes from JRR Tolkien

There is a place called 'heaven' where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continued. We may laugh together yet.

I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament.

The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.

Together we will take the road that leads into the West, And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.

Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and everlasting life.

All shall love me and despair.

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.

I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.

Little by little, one travels far.

It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.