John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (/ ' t l k i n / ; [ a ] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion .
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Valour needs first strength, then a weapon. Go to Quote / Comment
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. Go to Quote / Comment
'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.' Go to Quote / Comment
Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them becuase they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. Go to Quote / Comment
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. Go to Quote / Comment