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J. R. R. Tolkien

@TolkienQuote

Quotes From The Author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit

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J. R. R. Tolkien@TolkienQuote1 Jan 2018
Darkness must pass A new day will come And when the sun shines It will shine out the clearer. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien #HappyNewYear
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“Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.” #Tolkien
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Happy Birthday J. R. R. #Tolkien! Learn About His Life - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R… Toast The Professor - tolkiensociety.org/2018/01/r… 27 Favorite Quotes - deseretnews.com/top/1628/27/…
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Darkness must pass A new day will come And when the sun shines It will shine out the clearer. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien #HappyNewYear
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"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly." #Tolkien
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James Conlee@JamesConlee24 May 2017
I know #Hobbit & #LOTR were filmed in New Zealand, but I'm pretty sure #Tolkien was picturing #Iceland the whole time. – at Iceland
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#Quote - J. R. R. 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 – at Oxford, England
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How C.S. Lewis Helped Encourage Tolkien's Novels

How C.S. Lewis Helped Encourage Tolkien's Novels

Friendly rivals and close confidants, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis had a lasting impact on each other's work and lives.

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"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." #Tolkien
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"Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." #Shakespeare Art by James Christensen who died yesterday at age 74
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Darkness must pass A new day will come And when the sun shines It will shine out the clearer. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien #HappyNewYear
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"We have come from God & inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light."
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1/2 "Works fair and wonderful, while they still endure for eyes to see, are ever their own record…" #Tolkien
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2/2 "…and only when they are in peril or broken forever do they pass into song." #Tolkien
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” #Shakespeare died 400 years ago today
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"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.” ~ #Tolkien
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“We put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.” ~ #Tolkien
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"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." ~ #CSLewis #HappyNewYear
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"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." ~ #Tolkien
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