J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

My 'Sam Gamgee' is indeed a reflexion of the English soldier, of the privates and batmen I knew in the 1914 war, and recognised as so far superior to myself.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • War
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  • Recognised