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
farewell saying-goodbye years
Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
stuff myth
History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.
hurt hatred doe
Often does hatred hurt itself.
stars june missing
Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.
strong moving eye
The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet it is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: Small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
talking speak habit
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
damage may please
You may not like my burglar, but please don't damage him.
song fall reality
Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities.
philosophy fall men
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.
fellowship samwise-gamgee frodo
Frodo: Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I’m coming with you!
doe handsome handsomeness
Handsome is as handsome does
dragons speak
Speak politely to an enraged dragon.
blessed catholic earth
I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament...
poor said holes
Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back.