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
advice fellowship-of-the-ring
Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
darkness books-and-movies fellowship
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
fellowship way lord-of-the-ring
I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way.
fallen fellowship-of-the-ring
Not all that have fallen are vanquished.
fellowship death-penalty lord-of-the-ring
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.
fellowship too-much bread
I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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!
orcs world fellowship
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
fellowship lord-of-the-ring gimli
If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.
abortion fellowship lord-of-the-ring
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
wise fellowship death-penalty
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
books-and-movies errands fellowship
The road goes ever on and on
dangerous knowing might onto remember step swept travel
Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.
language languages life wants wish
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.