The Longing

From @JRRTolkien

That Sense of Exile

“We all long for [Eden], and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most humane, is still soaked with the sense of ‘exile’. ” 

- The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, 110

HT: The Thinklings

Changed Eyes

Here's a quote to expand your thinking:

“Most probably we are in Eden still. It is only our eyes that have changed.”

–G.K. Chesterton, Introduction to The Defendant

Hat tip: The Anchoress