J. R. R. Tolkien Quote

For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they put on the pride and beauty that we would fain wear ourselves.


Tree and leaf ; Smith of Wootton Major ; The homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son (ed. 1975)


For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they put on the pride and beauty that we would...

For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they put on the pride and beauty that we would...

For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they put on the pride and beauty that we would...

For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they put on the pride and beauty that we would...