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
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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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I do not believe this darkness will endure.
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.
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Little by little, one travels far
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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.
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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.
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Surely you do not disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine per