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
giving samwise-gamgee frodo
Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well. So up you get! Come on, Mr. Frodo dear! Sam will give you a ride. Just tell him where to go, and he'll go
fate simple evil
And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.
men political-opinions bombs
My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs).
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!
inspirational believe darkness
I do not believe this darkness will endure.
talking speak habit
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
wake-up down-and sat
When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.
may hateful tyranny
We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful.
courage dragons fire
So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
mines my-own
It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.
faith blessed inspiration
The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed Sacrament does not operate completely and once for all in any of us. Like the act of Faith it must be continuous and grow by exercise. Frequency is of the highest effect. Seven times a week is more nourishing than seven times at intervals.
morning memories climbing
Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains.
orcs world fellowship
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
men doubt sometimes
A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.