"We all long for Eden and are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature is soaked with the sense of exile." #Tolkien

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." ~ #Tolkien

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." ~ #CSLewis #HappyNewYear

“We put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.” ~ #Tolkien

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.” ~ #Tolkien

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” #Shakespeare died 400 years ago today

2/2 "…and only when they are in peril or broken forever do they pass into song." #Tolkien

1/2 "Works fair and wonderful, while they still endure for eyes to see, are ever their own record…" #Tolkien

"We have come from God & inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light."

Darkness must pass A new day will come And when the sun shines It will shine out the clearer. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien #HappyNewYear

"Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." #Shakespeare Art by James Christensen who died yesterday at age 74

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." #Tolkien

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“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.” #Tolkien

#Quote - J. R. R. Tolkien

I know #Hobbit & #LOTR were filmed in New Zealand, but I'm pretty sure #Tolkien was picturing #Iceland the whole time.

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly." #Tolkien

Darkness must pass A new day will come And when the sun shines It will shine out the clearer. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien #HappyNewYear

Happy Birthday J. R. R. #Tolkien! Learn About His Life - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._… Toast The Professor - tolkiensociety.org/2018/01/raise-… 27 Favorite Quotes - deseretnews.com/top/1628/27/-2…

“Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.” #Tolkien