Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. - J. R. R. Tolkien

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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

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About J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3 1892 – September 2 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, most famous for his classic high fantasy works.

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Pen Names: Oxymore
Native Name: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Alternative Names: J-R-R Tolkien Tolkien John Tolkien J.R.R Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien John R. R. Tolkien

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But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.

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For myself I would say that more than the interest and uses of the study of Welsh as an adminicle of English philology, more than the practical linguist's desire to acquire a knowledge of Welsh for the enlargement of his experience, more even than the interest and worth of the literature, older and newer, that is preserved in it, these two things seem important: Welsh is of this soil, this island, the senior language of the men of Britain; and Welsh is beautiful.

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