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
grief heart forget
His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
lying adventure hands
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break.
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The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue....
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It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.
death life
In life there can be no victor, for death comes to all and smites them.
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All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.
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In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of a large and growing School of English Studies, in which no regular provision had as yet been made for the linguistic specialist.
It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.
children since
Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
based delight
If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
cannot fence forever wide yourselves
The wide world is all about you; you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
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Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you.
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I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.