J. R. R. Tolkien quote: For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is...

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.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Tales from the Perilous Realm”, p.321, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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. - J. R. R. Tolkien

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