Comprehensive information about J R R Tolkien including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. 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 . This educational J R R Tolkien resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.
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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
Little by little, one travels far. Go to Quote / Comment
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, one for the Dark Lord on his dark throne in the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, one Ring to find them, one Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. Go to Quote / Comment
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. Go to Quote / Comment
The treacherous are ever distrustful. Go to Quote / Comment