Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo Quotes

“Of all the things that men may heed
'Tis most of love they sing indeed.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

“She shone in beauty upon the shore; Long did my glance on her alight, and the longer I looked I knew her more.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

“No hill was so tall that it stayed my tread.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

“Marry! Good man, 'tis madness thou askest, and since folly thou hast sought, thou deservest to find it.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

“... for a man may cover his blemish, but unbind it he cannot, for where once 'tis applied, thence part will it never.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

“... right glad is the grass that grows in the open, when the damp dewdrops are dripping from the leaves, to greet a gay glance of the glistening sun.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

“I am but dirt and dust in kind, and you a rich and radiant rose...”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

“... she shone in beauty upon the shore; Long did my glance on her alight, and the longer I looked I knew her more.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo