J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood. But the world that contained even the imagination of Fáfnir was richer and more beautiful, at whatever the cost of peril.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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• I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.

  

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• I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.

  

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• I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood. But the world that contained even the imagination of Fáfnir was richer and more beautiful, at whatever the cost of peril.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Beautiful
  • Desire
  • Imagination