#rings

No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or star are left to me. I am naked in the dark, Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #tolkien #food

In every sufferings you've encountered, there will be an opportunity to settle things in a right place. If that comes, grab it. Learn to forgive. ↗

— Mahadena Madid

#sufferings #forgiveness

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#home #hope #middle #middle age #night

Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with! ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#humor #lord-of-the-rings #humor

No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#inspirational #lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #pippin #tolkien

I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#life #life

I wonder sometimes what the memory of God looks like. Is it a palace of infinite rooms, a chest of many jeweled objects, a long, lonely landscape where each tree recalls an eon, each pebble the life of a man? Where do I live, in the memory of God? ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#memory #ponderings #life

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you. ↗

— Eileen Caddy

#brings #expand #gratitude #grow #helps

There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-kid’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs. ↗

— Raj Patel

#lord-of-the-rings #life

It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own way, steered by some secret compass of the soul. And sometimes, late or early, the compass lost its power and spun aimlessly on its bearings. Alan Bishop ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#compass #direction #life #life