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
taken hands broken
Seek for the Sword that was broken In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token That Doom is near at hand, For Isuldur's Bane shall waken, And the halfling forth shall stand.
song cheer children
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
way made return-of-the-king
The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
men desire pity
I wished to be loved by another,' [Éowyn] answered. 'But I desire no man's pity.
philosophy heart may
Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
land dragons cabbage
Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you. ~Hamfast Gamgee (the Gaffer)
lightning
Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning!
i-can
Don't go where I can't follow!
life book beer
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
art two-towers deeper
Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.
Aure entuluva! day shall come again!
suffering victory
No Victory Without Suffering
daughter sweet choices
For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him when he departs to the Havens: for mine is the choice of Luthien, and as she so have I chosen, both the sweet and the bitter.
lying heart men
And Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begun; and it is your task to order its beginning and to preserve what must be preserved. For though much has been saved, much must now pass away; and the power of the Three Rings also is ended. And all the lands that you see, and those that lie round about them, shall be dwellings of Men. For the time comes of the Dominion of Men, and the Elder Kindred shall fade or depart.