A Quote by J. R. R. Tolkien

Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning!

J. R. R. Tolkien

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Lightning Struck

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J. R. R. Tolkien
English - Writer
January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973

A poet trains himself to stand out in a storm and be struck by lightning. If he is lucky enough to be struck six times, he becomes immortal. Randall Jarrell said it and he's right.

James Dickey

The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He struck for Redwall! He struck against evil! He struck for Martin! He struck for Log-a-Log and his shrews! He struck for dead Guosim! He struck as Methuselah would have wanted him to! He struck against Cluny the Scourge and tyranny! He struck out against Captain Snow's ridicule! He struck for the world of light and freedom! He struck until his paws ached and the sword fell from them!

Brian Jacques

I was nearly struck by lightning on an excavation in Turkey.

Mary Beard

Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

His whole aspect was that of a man who has unexpectedly been struck by lightning.

P. G. Wodehouse

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

James Dickey

Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I don't wait to be struck by lightning and I don't need certain slants of light in order to be able to write.

Toni Morrison

You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States.

Joe Biden

I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.

Andrew Dominik

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.

Randall Jarrell

It is difficult to resist a force of nature, Maman. His seduction is like all my senses struck by bolts of lightning.

Nicole Jordan

You're more likely to see someone fatally struck by lightning than witness a case of in-person voter fraud.

Tom Perez

If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.