20 Things I Learned from J R R Tolkien

[sigridhr]

1. Defeat does not come because the other side is better and stronger than you. Defeat happens when you despair.
2. Never, ever try and cross the Misty Mountains. Something bad will happen. Always.
3. The greatest sort of courage is to be found in ordinary, good people.
4. If anyone suggests making magic jewellery, say no. It always ends badly.
5. Give back to the

Comments

[jenavira]

This is utterly delightful. <3

[sigridhr]

Thanks! :)

[gallifaerie]

This is an really great list :) (Number 14 though.)

If you destroy something to understand it, you have not understood it at all.
This really stuck out at me when I was reading LotR - I even tagged the page in my copy.

[sigridhr]

Hahahaha. It is!

Yeah, I loved that line (obviously). I had a hard time mediating the desire to just quote the entirety of the books on this list, and be outrageously silly the whole way through. I don't know if this is quite a happy medium, but it's what I settled with. :P