J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes


Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.


Citations

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit. George Allen & Unwin, 1937, p. 23.

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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.