J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

If you do not believe in a personal God, the question: 'What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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• It was then that I remembered the colour blue, the blue of the sky in nice that was at the origin of my career as monochromist. I started work towards the end of 1956 and in 1957 I had an exhibition in Milan which consisted entirely of what I dared to call my 'Epoque bleue'.

  

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• If you do not believe in a personal God, the question: 'What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • God
  • Don't Believe
  • Purpose Of Life