#rin

There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #sam-gamgee #tolkien #beauty

Weren't you wearing a purity ring when we got here? Aren't you supposed to be saving yourself?" Shanti asked. "Yeah," Mary Lou answered. "And then I thought, for what? You save leftovers. My sex is not a leftover, and it is not a Christmas present. ↗

— Libba Bray

#purity-rings #sexuality #beauty

Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#light #others #reciprocity #sharing #beauty

How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#father #how #incredible #looks #pair

How terrible this darkness was, how bewildering, and yet mysteriously beautiful! ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#bewildering #darkness #terrible #beauty

Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#suffering #beauty

To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is. ↗

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

#being #come #dream #must #principle

It is a very beautiful day. The woman looks around and thinks: 'there cannot ever have been a spring more beautiful than this. I did not know until now that clouds could be like this. I did not know that the sky is the sea and that clouds are the souls of happy ships, sunk long ago. I did not know that the wind could be tender, like hands as they caress - what did I know - until now? ↗

— Unica Zürn

#spring #wind #beauty

A wild light came into Frodo's eyes. 'Stand away! Don't touch me!' he cried. 'It is mine, I say. Be off!' His hand strayed to his sword-hilt. But then quickly his voice changed. 'No, no, Sam,' he said sadly. 'But you must understand. It is my burden, and no one else can bear it. It is too late now, Sam dear. You can't help me in that way again. I am almost in its power now. I could not give it up, and if you tried to take it I should go mad. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#frodo #j-r-r-tolkien #sam #the-lord-of-the-rings #change

Gandalf!' cried Frodo, sitting up. There was the old wizard, sitting in a chair by an open window. 'Yes,' he said, 'I am here. And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home." He was smiling, and there seemed to be little wrong with him. But to the wizard's eye there was a faint change, just a hint as it were of transparency, about him, and especially about the left hand that lay outside upon the coverlet. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#frodo-baggins #gandalf #j-r-r-tolkien #the-lord-of-the-rings #change