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
simple simple-life celebrate
It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life.
fate evil waiting
You can make the Ring into an allegory of our own time, if you like: and allegory of the inevitable fate that waits for all attempts to defeat evil power by power.
wall grief giving
Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance. It denies (in the face of much evidence, if you will) universal final defeat...giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy; Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.
journey path lord-of-the-ring
End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
want great-hobbit ifs
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.
doors going-out lord-of-the-ring
It's a dangerous business, going out your door.
home done lucky
Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you left home.
inspirational life wise
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
hands storm defence
Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.
hard-work garden hands
The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command.
children important wicked
Far more often [than asking the question 'Is it true?'] they [children] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That is, they were far more concerned to get the Right side and the Wrong side clear. For that is a question equally important in History and in Faerie.
wine moon men
Faërie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted.
heart faithful may
Faithful heart may have froward tongue.
fellowship lord-of-the-ring gimli
If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.