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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The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last... The great battle of our time. Go to Quote / Comment
Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works... Go to Quote / Comment
What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good on this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on? Go to Quote / Comment
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. Go to Quote / Comment
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve Go to Quote / Comment