The Lord of the Rings is, as I’ve already proved in Tuesdays with Tolkien, chuck full of pearls of wisdom. The quotes I think are often neglected are the quotes that are simply beautiful. The ones that aren’t what’s generally termed ‘inspirational’ – the ones that fill you with a kind of ache whether you’reContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: My 10 favourite quotes”
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Tuesdays with Tolkien: Life flitters by
I had the weirdest thought the other day… I was walking down the street to give a piano lesson, and then I thought of how a week ago I was doing the exact same thing, worried about a wedding I was playing organ for the next day. I’d been practising for the wedding for what seemedContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: Life flitters by”
Tuesdays with Tolkien: 10 favourite quotes
I did some posts in a couple G+ Lord of the Rings communities to see what fans’ favourite quotes are. This list includes quotes from all three volumes of Lord of the Rings, as well as The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion. #1: “If more of us valued food and cheer and song over hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”ContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: 10 favourite quotes”
Tuesdays with Tolkien: The Greyscale
Tolkien is often blamed for creating black and white characters. Either they’re completely on the good side, or they’re completely on the bad side, and for this reason there are a ton of other authors who are way better at characterization that Tolkien is. When I come across assertions such as these, I find themContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: The Greyscale”
Tuesdays with Tolkien: Put No Trust in Shifting Visions
In Middle-earth, there are various ways of seeing things far away both in distance and in time – the palantíri and Galadriel’s Mirror, to name two. But whilst all this may suggest to some that Tolkien was promoting such activity, which resembles fortunetelling and other such occult activities, in fact it is quite the opposite. J.R.R. Tolkien inContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien: Put No Trust in Shifting Visions”
Tuesdays with Tolkien
In the dictionary under ‘worrywart’… …there is totally a picture of me. I worry about absolutely everything, from next Sunday’s church outfit to what I’m going to do after college. I even worry about other people’s problems. That’s why this quote speaks to me so much. It’s a reminder not to cross bridges till IContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien”
Tuesdays with Tolkien
There are two choices. You could spend your life complaining about how short life is and about how there’s never any time to get anything done, or you could spend your life celebrating how great life is, the talents you have, and what you can do with the time you’ve got. Admission: I spend quiteContinueContinue reading “Tuesdays with Tolkien”
