However, the lore is still a Tolkien creation, and the showrunners wanted to stay true to Tolkien’s vision. One way they did for The Rings of Power was starting each day with a Tolkien quote.

One can at least sympathize, then, with Tolkien's view of monarchy. ... A king--a king without any real power, that is--is such an ennoblingly arbitrary, such a tender and organically human ...

10 quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien on his birthday J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State in South Africa to English parents.

David Rowe, author of the 2017 book The Proverbs of Middle-earth, manages the Tolkien Proverbs Twitter account, which tweets out the Tolkien quotes he collected for his book.

Among J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published Lord of the Rings books is The Silmarillion, a lengthy textbook that covers all the big moments.

Quote of the Day: Why Tolkien Liked Monarchy--and Anarchy. David Hart explores the author's attraction to the competing systems. By Heather Horn. November 12, 2010. Share. Save.

"Our system obliges us to elevate to office precisely those persons whohave the ego-besotted effrontery to ask us to do so; it is rather likebeing compelled to cede the steering wheel to the drunkard ...