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10. October 2014

The nonsense that was “10 J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes to Live By”

It is one of those rare moments when searching the web for more misattributed quotes on J.R.R. Tolkien when you find one blog post to be gone. And yes, this happened with one of...

Not a Tolkien quote (c) Google search results

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22. June 2014

Not a Tolkien quote: It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit

And yet another installment in my ongoing series Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with thanks to the powerful combination of Jacksonverse and Goodreads. Now, this is...

Screenshot: Finding God in the Lord of the Rings (c) Amazon.com, Burner, Ware

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21. June 2014

Not a Tolkien quote: Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation

Although I am quite happy to write additional installments of my series Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with I think I will have to write another...

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8. June 2014

Not a Tolkien quote: You can only come to the morning through the shadow

One of the series with the Tolkienist is called Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with. Its task is to enlighten you on things the Professor is...

Tolkien quote: For not all tears are an evil

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26. May 2014

Tolkien quote: For not all tears are an evil.

[su_dropcap]#[/su_dropcap]quoting_tolkien is the Tolkienist’s attempt at providing proper quoting procedures when it comes to the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. All quotes...

Sarah Ban Breathnach (c) Simple Abundance

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14. January 2014

Not a Tolkien quote: It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons

Another installment in my never-ending series of Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with and this time I will be able to link the Professor with Oprah...

(c) Nemi.no, Dec 11th, 2013, comic strip

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3. January 2014

Not a Tolkien quote: “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory”

This is the sixth article in my on-going series called Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with (see here for for the other articles.) For those of...

Old 'Hobbit' cover (c) Tolkien Estate/ HarperCollins

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13. July 2013

How a hobby turns into a Hobbit in Cape Town

I am very happy and very proud to have my first guest post with this, the fifth installment to my on-going series, Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to...

Quotes

22. May 2013

As shown on BrainyQuote.com – More mistaken Tolkien quotes

In recent weeks I have been scouring the web to have a look at some quotes wrongly attributed to Tolkien. Now, the unfortunate part with any of these undertakings is the fact that there...

All that is gold does not glitter, poem by J.R.R. Tolkien

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20. May 2013

“Not all those who wander are lost” – “All that is gold does not glitter” the right way

In my on-going series Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with (TThnsdwohatdw) I present you with a very quick and dirty post on a quote which has...

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The nonsense that was “10 J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes to Live By”

Not a Tolkien quote: It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit

Not a Tolkien quote: Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation

Not a Tolkien quote: You can only come to the morning through the shadow

Tolkien quote: For not all tears are an evil.

Not a Tolkien quote: It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons

Not a Tolkien quote: “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory”

How a hobby turns into a Hobbit in Cape Town

As shown on BrainyQuote.com – More mistaken Tolkien quotes

“Not all those who wander are lost” – “All that is gold does not glitter” the right way

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