J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes


There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off.


Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit. George Allen & Unwin, 1937.

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J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Born: January 3, 1892
  • Died: September 2, 1973
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Novelist

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.