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
gave hope kept
Onen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim.'I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself.'
commission develop english large leeds linguistic october reader regular school side
In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of a large and growing School of English Studies, in which no regular provision had as yet been made for the linguistic specialist.
business dangerous front
It is a dangerous business going out your front door.
behind crooked death fire passed son speak therefore till tongue wise words worm
The wise speak only of what they know, Grima son of Galmod. A witless worm have you become. Therefore be silent, and keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a serving-man till th
dark deal good heard hurt turn
N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a dark lord, and something about the end of the world, but please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.
children since
Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
ancient bright came clear falling flowing glad meet morning night silver song water
Then another clear voice, as young and as ancient as Spring, like the song of a glad water flowing down into the night from a bright morning in the hills, came falling like silver to meet them.
appear cling courses false folly recognize though wisdom
It's wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.
black cold dark dead fails gold hand heart lifts lord moon sea shall sleep stars sun till wake wind
Cold be hand and heart and bone,and cold be sleep under stone:never more to wake on stony bed,never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead.In the black wind the stars shall die,and still on gold here let them lie,till the dark lord lifts his handover dead sea and withered land.
job longest takes
It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.
job longest procrastination takes
It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish.
hour star
A star shone at the hour of our meeting.
death life
In life there can be no victor, for death comes to all and smites them.
It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.