Tolkien Quotes
J.R.R. Tolkien was a highly intelligent man with a sharp wit. Here you will find a collection of thought-provoking, educating, and even humorous quotations from the creator of Middle-earth, J.R.R. Tolkien.
You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.
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, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
It might be advisable […] to let the Americans do what seems good to them – as long as it was possible […] to veto anything from or influenced by the Disney studios (for all whose works I have a heartfelt loathing).
