Top 37 Quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien

About J. R. R. Tolkien

These are some quotes by English author J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, who lived between January 3, 1892 and September 2, 1973.

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.

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

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

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

J. R. R. Tolkien

A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.

A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Short cuts make long delays.

Short cuts make long delays.

J. R. R. Tolkien

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

J. R. R. Tolkien

In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of a large and growing School of English Studies, in which no regular provision had as yet been made for the linguistic specialist.

J. R. R. Tolkien

A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

J. R. R. Tolkien

I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.

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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