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"I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones." J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English author who lived from 1892-1973. These are some of his famous quotes.
| | My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally'. |
| | Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. |
| | Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes in the sense that almost certainly both partners might be found by more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to. |
| | Nothing has astonished me more than the welcome given to The Lord of the Rings. But it is a constant source of consolation and pleasure to me, and a piece of singular good fortune much envied by some of my contemporaries. |
| | I have in this War a burning private grudge — which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that ruddy little ignoramus Adolf Hitler. Ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed, that noble northern spirit, a supreme contribution to Europe, which I have ever loved, and tried to present in its true light. |
| | Many are the strange chances of the world... and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the wise falter. |
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