Tag: J. R. R. Tolkien
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I should like to save the Shire, if I could – though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Middle English is an exciting field – almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one turns detailed personal attention on to any little corner of it, the received notions and ideas seem to crumple up and fall to pieces – as far as language goes, at any rate.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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I don’t like allegories.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!
J. R. R. Tolkien