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
spring heart rocks
His face was sad and stern because of the doom that was laid on him, and yet hope dwelt ever in the depths of his heart, from which mirth would arise at times like a spring from a rock.
morning spring winter
So fair, so cold; like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill.
strokes dies not-alone
He stands not alone. You would die before your stroke fell.
care lucky frodo
And if Sam considered himself lucky, Frodo knew he was more lucky himself; for there was not a hobbit in the Shire that was looked after with such care.
My Precious, my Precious.
stars space fire
And amid all the splendours of the World, its vast halls and spaces, and its wheeling fires, Ilúvatar chose a place for their habitation in the Deeps of Time and in the midst of the innumerable stars.
noses invisible riders
Your talk of sniffling riders with invisible noses has unsettled me.
towers want sometimes
And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy?
talking upset littles
What have I got in my pocket?" he said aloud. He was talking to himself, but Gollum thought it was a riddle, and he was frightfully upset. "Not fair! not fair!" he hissed. "It isn't fair, my precious, is it, to ask us what it's got in it's nassty little pocketsess?
deals corners
Gandalf thought of most things; and though he could not do everything, he could do a great deal for friends in a tight corner.
desire hats looks
Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.
wizards hats speak
Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with!
heart winter sun
And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
men deep-water sea
There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one.