"Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass!"

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

#Flower Quotes #Feet Quotes #Fire Quotes

“Ideas that transform industries almost never come from inside those industries.”
“The first casualty when war comes is truth.”

Source : 1917 Speech, US Senate.
“The half-baked sermon causes spiritual indigestion”
“It is not possible to make a certain evaluation...that cancer may be arrested if 'caught early'.”
“My dad still calls me and makes sure I'm taking my vitamins.”
“I once heard some idiot on the radio saying that all great art has suffering as its dominant theme, and that the greatest artists are only able to create because they suffer immensely in their own lives. What a bunch of bullshit. Look at Van Gogh's paintings: there's as much joy in them as there is pain. Suffering is only a single color, and by itself it's boring.”

Source : Bart Yates (2004). “Leave Myself Behind”, p.203, Kensington Publishing Corp.
“I am proud to be an American Citizen.”
“I tried to make guitars that were close to what my heroes played. That's the way it's done. My experience is that you have to do it like a musician. You have to learn the language before you can learn to be a novelist.”

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