Memory is not what the heart desires. Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Quote More from J.R.R. Tolkien “Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine.” “It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.” “And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in you…” “His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they h…”