J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE, FRSL, known by his pen name J. R. R. Tolkien, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth3 January 1892
war discovery esperanto
It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to which they belong; but a living language depends equally on the 'legends' which it conveys by tradition. ... Volapuk, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c &c are dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends...
hatred bones apartheid
I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones...
war tree would-be
I should say that, in addition to my tree - love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own pre-occupation with the Lord of the Rings , the knowledge that it would be finished in great detail or not at all, and the fear (near certainty ) that it would be 'not at all'. The war had arisen to darken all horizons. But no such analyses are a complete explanation even of a short story...
advice esperanto would-be
My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.
war pleasure delicate
Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures.
strong wall evil
Many evil things there are that your strong walls and bright swords do not stay.
cynicism truth-is greater
The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism.
ends
Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.
wind drawing east
But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near.
fire mind wheels
And the Ring is so heavy, Sam. I begin to see it in my mind all the time, like a great wheel of fire.
mean late
We are never late. We arrive precisely when we mean to.
darkness dawn
The Darkness has begun. There will be no dawn.
waiting battle want
I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.
want way
Where will wants not, a way opens.