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
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Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
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One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
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I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way.
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Not all that have fallen are vanquished.
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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Frodo: Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I’m coming with you!
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There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
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If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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The road goes ever on and on
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But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master Ring, to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. ""One Ring to rule them all."" One by one, the Free Lands of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A Last Alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor and on the slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle Earth. Victory was near. But the power of the Ring could not be undone.
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Last of all Hurin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and each time that he slew Hurin cried 'Aure entuluva!