“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
The Fellowship of the Ring
– JRR Tolkien
13 Comments
Margot Kinberg
Happy New Year, Sarah! All the best for 2019!
jazzfeathers
And to you, Margot. May 2019 be full of joy, health and good things (like books to write and read 😉 )
JOHN T. SHEA
Happy New Year, Sarah, and many happy returns!
jazzfeathers
Happy new year to you too, John!
Roland R Clarke
Happy New Year – may 2019 allow you to keep finding all that is fair, Sarah. (Your choice of Professor Tolkien’s words feels so appropriate.)
jazzfeathers
Happy New Year to you, Roland. May it be filled not jsut of happyness, but of serenity and health too.
I agree. Looks like Professor Tolkien saw into the future.
CD Gallant-King
Happy New Year to you! Hope your NYE was worthy of the Roaring Twenties! 😉
jazzfeathers
Happy New Year! Errr…. not really a roaring NYE I’m afraid. LOL!
Birgit
Happy New Year! This is a great tribute to Tolkien who was greatly affected by WW1. I find both wars very interesting and WW1 was one of the most brutal. One can see, in his works, how much the war is part of his books. He was a brilliant man and the language he created leaves me in awe
jazzfeathers
Happy New Year, Birgit!
True. The more I learn about WWI, the more I see I surfacing in Tolkien’s work. It’s an enriching experience.
Sara Letourneau
That series is full of amazing quotes. Yet this quote in particular feels so appropriate right now. Thanks for sharing it, Sarah, and Happy New Year. 🙂
jazzfeathers
Happy New Year, Sara, and thanks for stopping by.
It is really a sif Tolkien saw the future, didn’t he?
Jeff
Happy New Year 2020. Awesome quotes