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
heart mind impossible
I am dreading the publication, for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at.
wall heart hands
Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.
hens beaks pens
A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
eye light glasses
He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.
war arrows towers
War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
planning-ahead dragons doe
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
war writing men
The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to do such work for war-purposes: calmly plotting the destruction of the world! Such explosives in men's hands, while their moral and intellectual status is declining, is about as useful as giving out firearms to all inmates of a gaol and then saying that you hope 'this will ensure peace'. But one good thing may arise out of it, I suppose, if the write-ups are not overheated: Japan ought to cave in. Well we're in God's hands. But He does not look kindly on Babel-builders.
nice juicy
Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?
safe world untrue
A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
heart hands sea
Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.
mines my-own
It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.