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
waiting matter done
And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.
lying names done
Now when Túrin learnt from Finduilas of what had passed, he was wrathful, and he said to Gwindor: 'In love I hold you for your rescue and sake-keeping. But now you have done ill to me, friend, to betray my right name, and call my doom upon me, from which I would lie hid.' But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name.
thinking done enough
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.
doors done bells
That's done it! Now I've rung the front-door bell!
book beer done
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.
home done lucky
Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you left home.
death life
In life there can be no victor, for death comes to all and smites 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?
crooked death fire lightning passed till words
I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a serving-man till the lightning falls.
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.
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.
axe fall restless room row sleep swing weariness
Sleep! I feel the need of it. Yet my axe is restless in my hand. Give me a row of orc-necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!
dragons snow
So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending.