Poetry Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I perceived or thought of the Light of God and in it suspended one small mote (or millions of motes to only one of which was my small mind directed), glittering white because of the individual ray from the Light which both held and lit it...And the ray was the Guardian Angel of the mote: not a thing interposed between God and the creature, but God's very attention itself, personalized...This is a finite parallel to the Infinite. As the love of the Father and Son (who are infinite and equal) is a Person, so the love and attention of the Light to the Mote is a person (that is both with us and in Heaven): finite but divine, i.e. angelic.”

“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to”

“We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human, is still soaked with the sense of exile.”

“Indeed if fish had fish-lore and Wise-fish, it is probable that the business of anglers would be very little hindered.”

“A King will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom.”

“Imagery plays a vital role in conveying a message, bringing it to life, and engaging readers' senses and emotions.”

“All war is based in deception (cfr. Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”).”

“I will go to campus alone dressed in antique silk slips and beat-up cowboy boots and gypsy beads, and I will study poetry. I will sit on the edge of the fountain in the plaza and write.”

“The aching in my chest”

“the poet I saw once...”

“We were strange in love”