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" In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of a large and growing School of English Studies, in which no regular provision had as yet been made for the linguistic specialist. "

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" Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world. "

J. R. R. Tolkien

Real

Solution

World

" Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. "

" 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.' "

" So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! "

" The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link. "

" Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. "

" Short cuts make long delays. "

" Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. "

" All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. "

" A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it. "

" A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds. "

" If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. "

" The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity. "

" I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. "

" Middle English is an exciting field - almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one turns detailed personal attention on to any little corner of it, the received notions and ideas seem to crumple up and fall to pieces - as far as language goes, at any rate. "

" They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many. "

" A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. "

" If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth. "

" Not all those who wander are lost. "

" All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. "

J. R. R. Tolkien

Time

Decide

" I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. "

" Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you. "

J. R. R. Tolkien

Trouble

Big

" Courage is found in unlikely places. "

" It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly. "

" Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt. "

" I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. "

J. R. R. Tolkien

Good

Thought

" It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. "

" You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. "

" A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen. "

J. R. R. Tolkien

Pen

Hen

" Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. "

J. R. R. Tolkien

Yes

Say