Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. ✨ J.R.R. Tol…

J. R. R. Tolkien
688 citations
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.201, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Hope
29

More Author Quotes

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrumen … ▶
Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard's face he saw at first only lines of care and sorrow; though … ▶
And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.
Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equi … ▶

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.201, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes