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
disliked exactly far indeed languages later liked longer men nearer plain relationship spite spoke
It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.
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.
bound cannot chance cured deal death deserves die eager fate good heart hope pity rule tells wise yours
Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.
came gloom sharp suddenly
Then suddenly out of the gloom came a sharp hiss. 'What has it got in its pocketses?'
hears light soon start wolf worse
Then let us start as soon as it is light tomorrow, if we can. The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.
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.
job longest takes
It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.
hopes time wait
It's like things are in the world. Hopes fail. An end comes. We have only a little time to wait now.
full hurts multiply wars
The world is full enough of hurts and mischance without wars to multiply them.
horses king looked lords run shine smoothly swift
That is Shadowfax. He is cheif of the Maeras, lords of all horses, and not even Theoden, King of Rohan, has ever looked on a better. Does he not shine like silver, and run as smoothly as a swift stream?
king needs piece rabble
It needs more to make a king than a piece of elvish glass, or a rabble such as this.
danger lose others
It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.
business dangerous front
It is a dangerous business going out your front door.