All Quotes By Tag: J-r-r-tolkien

“Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren’t they? Death. The inevitability of death. . .. . . (quoting an obituary) ‘There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that ever happens to man is natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident, and even if he knows it he would sense to it an unjustifiable violation.’ Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of The Lord Of The Rings”

Card image cap - J.R.R. Tolkien
Tag: death, j-r-r-tolkien, life-and-death, life-story, lord-of-the-rings, lotr, narrative, story, story-teller, storytelling, the-hobbit, the-silmarillion, tolkien,

“This is surely the most significant of the elements that Tolkien brought to fantasy…. his arranged marriage between the Elder Edda and “The Wind in the Willows”–big Icelandic romance and small-scale, cozy English children’s book. The story told by “The Lord of the Rings” is essentially what would happen if Mole and Ratty got drafted into the Nibelungenlied.”

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Tag: elder-edda, fantasy, j-r-r-tolkien, literature, romance, the-wind-in-the-willows,

“What did I tell you? Something’s happening!’ cried Sam. ‘”The war’s going well,” said Shagrat; but Gorbag he wasn’t so sure. And he was right there too. Things are looking up, Mr. Frodo. haven’t you got some hope now?”Well, no, not much, Sam,’ Frodo sighed. ‘That’s away beyond the mountains. We’re going east not west. And I’m so tired. And the Ring is so heavy, Sam. And I begin to see it in my mind all the time, like a great wheel of fire.”

Card image cap - J.R.R. Tolkien,
Tag: frodo-sam, hope, j-r-r-tolkien, the-lord-of-the-rings, the-return-of-the-king, wheel-of-fire,