Fairy Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

9 Fairy quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien’s nine brief statements on fairy beings capture his deep reverence for mythic creatures. The compact lines give a taste of his legendary world‑building in a nutshell.

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“the 'fairy-story' is really an adult genre, and one for which a starving audience exists.”

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“Thou smellest of dog, and what news of good came ever to a cat from a fairy that had had dealings with…

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“Among those who still have enough wisdom not to think fairy-stories are pernicious, the common opinion seems to be that there is…

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“It was an irresistible development of modern illustration (so largely photographic) that borders should be abandoned and the "picture" end only with…

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“Romance is a sudden and miraculous grace: never to be counted on to recur. It does not deny the existence of eucatastrophe,…

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“Why should a man be scorned, if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when…

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“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending: or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous “turn” (for…

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“It is usually assumed that children are the natural or the specially appropriate audience for fairy-stories. In describing a fairy-story which they…

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“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for…

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“May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!”

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“it is horrible being all alone.”

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