A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Courage is found in unlikely places.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.
J. R. R. Tolkien
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.
J. R. R. Tolkien
I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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.
J. R. R. Tolkien
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. Tolkien
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
J. R. R. Tolkien
It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Not all who wander are lost.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Type:
Novelist
Date of Birth:
1892-01-03
Year of Death:
1973
Nationality:
English |