His rage passes description — the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk who have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.

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About J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

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Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.

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Courage is found in unlikely places.

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If it were not for injustice, men would not know justice.

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If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.