Tag: J. R. R. Tolkien
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Short cuts make long delays.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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I dislike Allegory – the conscious and intentional allegory – yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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The original ‘Hobbit’ was never intended to have a sequel – Bilbo ‘remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long’: a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
J. R. R. Tolkien