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Question Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- If you do not believe in a personal God, the question: 'What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable.
- Far more often [than asking the question 'Is it true?'] they [children] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That is, they were…
- Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death. . . . . . (quoting an obituary) 'There…
- The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most…
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