“There was one picture in particular which bothered him. It had begun with a leaf caught in the wind, and it became a tree; and the tree grew, sending out innumerable branches, and thrusting out the most fantastic roots.”

— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, book Leaf by Niggle

Leaf by Niggle (1945)

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British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy … 1892–1973

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