A Sunday Quote

This is one of my absolute favorite quotes by the Doctor! It's kinda self explanatory. So I'll just leave you with it. :)

Lord of the Rings Quotes

Tolkien week is coming to a close! We've looked at some things Tolkien but not my favorite of all favorite things.

What's my favorite? Quotes of course!

I am constantly quoting LotR and anything else that hapoens to have a good line. I'm quite good at quote games actually!

So what do you say to a quote game?
I'll start and you can comment with a quote and we'll see how far we can take it!

"Let them come! There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!"

Your turn!

A Sunday Quote and Fabulous News

Today's quote is from J.R.R. Tolkien. And there is a specific reason for that. I will explain in a moment.

“The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places.
But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now
mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater." J.R.R. Tolkien

 Okay, let me explain...no. there is too much. I will sum up.

The reason I picked a quote from this particular man is that a week from today, next sunday, is Hobbit Day! And the week that follows, Tolkien Week! I'm pretty excited! (I have been a LOTR nerd for pretty much my whole life and so this is pretty much the best thing ever!!)

Here at Rainbows and Penguins, we're going to be having a hobbit worthy party!

To start off the week... well, I won't spoil it. ;) But suffice to say, it's going to be fabulous!

There's going to be posts about hobbits, food, movie vs. Books, and some more things I cannot spoil.

So prepare yourselves, it's coming!

Note: If you would like to be a guest poster here next week, just shoot me an e-mail and I'll see if I can fit you in! Anything about LOTR will do. My e-mail address is rainbowsandpenguinsblog(at)gmail (dot)com!

A Sunday Quote

Today's quote isn't exactly famous. But I've been thinking a lot about it recently.

"In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter all that much."

My uncle Dave (who I never met) used to say this all the time. My dad reminds me of this if I get upset about something silly.

So I thought I'd share it with you! :)

A Much Needed Push to The Desk

Lately I have found myself needing more inspiration to write. And yes, I am well aware that inspiration is a myth and that really, I just need to sit down and do it. But sometimes I need an extra push. You too? So I guess we both need a push. I've been looking at some writing quotes and I've found some that are soon becoming my favorites. So here it is, a push out the door! (Er...to the desk.)

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
~Les Brown

You don’t have to say everything to say something. ~Beth Moore

No man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. ~CS Lewis.

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any. ~Orson Scott

If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. ~Stephen King

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. ~Ernest Hemingway

I am like a little pencil in God’s hand. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it. ~Mother Teresa

Write something that’s worth fighting over. Because that’s how you change things. That’s how you create art. ~Jeff Goins

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! ~Job 19

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Know that the Creator lives and moves and breathes within you. So those dreams? Risk them. Those words? Write them. Those hopes? Believe them. ~Elora Nicole Ramirez

So maybe now we all feel a little more "inspired" to write. I'd love to hear some of your favorite quotes on writing! Share them in the comments! Feel free to share what you're stuck with in your WIP or whatever's holding you back, I'd love to hear about that too! Maybe forming the problem into words will give you some ideas! :)

A Sunday Quote

"I find television to be very educating.  Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book.”

— Groucho Marx

(Sorry this is so late, I was busy helping my friend move into college! Fun! But better late than never I've heard!)

A Sunday Quote

"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage." -C.S. Lewis

A Sunday Quote

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

I agree Friedrich. Let's dance and be happy every day. :)

A Quote to Consider

I love quotes. I love reading them, I love finding them on pinterest, I just love quotes altogether. And since Sunday is the day of rest, it seems like a good day to mull over a quote. This will probably become a weekly thing.

Today's quote is from one of my favorite authors ever. If you've never heard of him for some crazy reason, please go look him up!

"No man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."~CS Lewis