Report, if you have a problem with this page“ The longing for Joy is in itself Joy. When he recalled when he had experienced Joy, he was, in that recollection, experiencing Joy anew, though he knew it not. Joy was not a state; it was an arrow pointing to something beyond all states, something objective yet unattainable – at least in our earthly existence. ”
Philip Zaleski
From : The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien
