J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes about Past

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I will not walk backward in life.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Past, Walks

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Children of Húrin”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There was a little corner of his mind that was still his own, and light came through it, as though a chink in the dark: light out of the past. It was actually pleasant, I think, to hear a kindly voice agin, bringing up memories of wind, and trees, and sun on the grass, and such forgotten things.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Memories, Dark, Past

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt