J.R.R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

· 1892 - 1973 · 283 kata bijak

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).

J.R.R. Tolkien

Keluarga

Getting rid of dragons is not at all in my line, but I will do my best to think about it. Personally I have no hopes at all, and wish I was safe back at home.

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Kehidupan

If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.

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Persahabatan

These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict them in all ways that we can.

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Seni

A light like the glint of water on dewy grass flashed from under her feet as she danced.

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Kehidupan

Give with a free hand, but give only of your own.

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Kehidupan

Perhaps it is better not to tell what you wish. if you cannot have it.

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Kehidupan

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

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Kehidupan

Seek for the Sword that was brokenIn Imladris it dwells;There shall be counsels takenStronger than Morgul-spells.There shall be shown a tokenThat Doom is near at hand,For Isuldur's Bane shall waken,And the halfling forth shall stand.

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Harapan

After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was some tobacco in it, and that was something more. Then he felt for matches and he could not find any at all, and that shattered his hopes completely.

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Waktu

The ‘Elves’ are ‘immortal’, at least as far as this world goes: and hence are concerned rather with the griefs and burdens of deathlessness in time and change, than with death.

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Keberanian

[But] I fear that in the individual lives of all but a few, the balance is in debit - we do so little that is positive good, even if we negatively avoid what is actively evil.

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Humor

No one, I fancy, would discredit a story that the Archbishop of Canterbury slipped on a banana skin merely because he found that a similar comic mishap had been reported of many people, and especially of elderly gentlemen of dignity.

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Kebahagiaan

The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as swords.

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Motivasi

He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.

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Alam

And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.

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Persahabatan

Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother.

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Keluarga

But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.

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Kehidupan

All stories are ultimately about the fall.

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Kehidupan

Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!

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Waktu

But whenever I say that I will do this or that, it looks very different when the time comes.

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