#weary

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#air #beauty #changes #claim #forest

I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#bilbo-baggins #fellowship-of-the-ring #gandalf #tired #tiredness

Do we kill time, or does time ultimately kill us? ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#killing-time #time-passing #weary #death

Getting an education is an awfully wearing process! ↗

— Jean Webster

#weary #education

We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#after #alone #bodies #emotionally #energy

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. ↗

— Martin Luther

#full #heart #music #often #overflowing