Tolkien offers sympathy, surrender, friendship and, most of all, forgiveness. — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet and good tilled earth.” — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien's attic. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“...and for a great deal it seemed good to him, for in the music there were no flaws.” — J R R Tolkien Copy Share Image
If 'The Lord of the Rings' is a cautionary tale about the desire for power and the use of power, then it… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
“The Lord of the Rings is a million times more interesting than mere literature, which is why mere literary critics cannot get… — Robert McNeil Copy Share Image
I read a lot of fantasy as a kid. I read 'The Hobbit' and all of the 'Lord of the Rings' books,… — Lisa Papademetriou Copy Share Image
Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines. — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” — J. R. R. Tolkien” — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek. — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
The Beatles once approached Stanley Kubrick to do 'The Lord Of The Rings.' This was before Tolkien sold the rights. They approached… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
“Like his fellow genius, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis has redefined the nature of fantasy, adding richness beauty, and dimension... In our times, every… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“If you like fantasy and you want to be the next Tolkien, don’t read big Tolkienesque fantasies — Tolkien didn’t read big… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My… — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
I loved the 'Lord of the Rings' books, 'The Hobbit.' And my parents, they still don't understand it because they hate fantasy… — Matt Duffer Copy Share Image
I'm not implying that fantasy is for kids. I'm saying that more and more people are finally realizing that there's more to… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“For Tolkien, Catholicism was not an opinion to which one subscribed but a reality to which one submitted. Quite simply, pseudo-psychology aside,… — Joseph Pearce Copy Share Image
My first score for 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' was the beginning of my journey into… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Recently I read that half the world or more has read 'The Lord of The Rings,' but then I found out that… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
“There were two books I remember changing my life as a introverted, bookish 14 year old. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and… — Christopher Odell Homsley Copy Share Image
The thing that helps me do a good job is that I don't feel the need to explain everything about the world… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Armageddon,' Sandy said. 'The final battle. The ultimate confrontation between good and evil. That's what armageddon is supposed to be. Right?' Hobbins… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“But of Olórin that tale does not speak; for though he loved the Elves, he walked among them unseen, or in form… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Tolkien, who created this marvellous vehicle, doesn't go anywhere in it. He just sits where he is. What I mean by that… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Life is very full of sex, or should be. As much as I admire Tolkien - and I do, he was a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Tolkien came to regard the tale of Beren and Tinuviel as 'the first example of the motive (to become dominant in Hobbits)… — John Garth Copy Share Image
“Why has not England a great mythology? Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“You truly are the most astonishingly beautiful hobbit I’ve ever seen,” he said, and Tamsyn froze. “Hobbit??” “Um, yes?” he said, and… — Erica Dakin Copy Share Image
“I did not buy a book called Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson, which has the temerity to compare itself, on the… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“When my father was a young man, during the years of the First World War and long before there was any inkling… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“There were rockets like a flock of scintillating birds singing with sweet voices. There were green trees with trunks of dark smoke:… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“If you wanted to go on from the end of The Hobbit I think the ring would be your inevitable choice as… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Hullo!” said Merry. “So that’s what is bothering you? Now, Pippin my lad, don’t forget Gildor’s saying—the one Sam used to quote:… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“It is not possible even at great length to “pot” The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two … It… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Order is the Shire of Tolkien’s hobbits: peaceful, productive and safely inhabitable, even by the naive. Chaos is the underground kingdom of… — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
