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Sorrow Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them…
- 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…
- I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.
- The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden,…
- For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomable at the foundations of 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…
- Justice is not Healing. Healing cometh only by suffering and patience, and maketh no demand, not even for Justice. Justice worketh only within the bonds…
- 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…
- 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 Sorrow Quotes
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow. — Honore de Balzac
- It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. — Amelia Barr
- There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it. — Amelia Barr
- Genius is sorrow's child. — John Adams
- I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That… — Kathleen Battle
- Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown… — Joseph Addison
- I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair. — Joseph Addison
- In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of… — Dirk Benedict
- The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. — A. C. Benson
- Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our… — Ezra Taft Benson