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I think a servant of the enemy would look fairer and feel fouler. -Frodo Baggins

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A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be sp...more

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I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the ...more

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But have a care! It is a bitter blade, and steel serves only those that can wield it. It will cut your hand as willingly as aught else.

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Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the fre...more

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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?''As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear...It is a man's...more

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I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I u...more

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The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.

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All stories are ultimately about the fall.

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Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to my personal aesthetic might s...more

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Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning!

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All that is gold does not glitter.Not all those who wander are lost:The old that is strong does not wither.Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

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It's the deep breath before the plunge.

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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.

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All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost. The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.