Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-โthat and such hope as I bring.
J. R. R. TolkienNow it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.
J. R. R. TolkienI remember nothing about it except a philological fact. My mother said nothing about the dragon, but pointed out that one could not say 'a green great dragon', but had to say 'a great green dragon'. I wondered why, and still do. The fact that I remember this is possibly significant, as I do not think I ever tried to write a story again for many years, and was taken up with language.
J. R. R. TolkienThe birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.
J. R. R. Tolkien