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Joy Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament....There…
- Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance. It denies (in…
- And he sang to them, now in the Elven tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed,…
- And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and…
- Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel!
- You are a set of deceitful scoundrels! But bless you! I give in. I will take Gildor's advice. If the danger were not so dark,…
- I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the…
- 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…
- The Resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe’ possible in the greatest Fairy Story — and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces tears because it…
- I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun; and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a Shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie…
- Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which…
- Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I…
- The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless…
More Joy Quotes
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying. — Neil Armstrong
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
- Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich,… — Margaret Atwood
- Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- To live happily is an inward power of the soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Teresa of Avila