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Tolkien Topics: Reading Room:
Not necessarily quotes but . . . some favorite words perhaps?:
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Bracegirdle
Doriath
May 6 2014, 4:32pm
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Not necessarily quotes but . . . some favorite words perhaps?
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“But I met a lot of things on the way that astonished me. Tom Bombadil I knew already; but I had never been to Bree. Strider sitting in the corner at the inn was a shock, and I had no more idea who he was than had Frodo. The Mines of Moria had been a mere name; and of Lothlorien no word had reached my mortal ears till I came there. Far away I knew there were the Horse-lords on the confines of an ancient Kingdom of Men, but Fangorn Forest was an unforeseen adventure. I had never heard of the House of Eorl nor of the Stewards of Gondor. Most disquieting of all Saruman had never been revealed to me, and I was as mystified as Frodo at Gandalf’s failure to appear on September 22. I knew nothing of the Palantiri, though the moment the Orthanc-stone was cast from the window, I recognized it, and knew the meaning of the ‘rhyme of lore’ ….. seven stars and seven stones and one white tree. – Letters #163
And a favorite and moving Tolkien quote: “…when I remember blotting the pages (which now represent the welcome of Frodo and Sam on the Field of Cormallen) with tears as I wrote. Letters #241 (My bold)
His journey in writing seems as poignant and mysterious as our journey in reading.
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(This post was edited by Bracegirdle on May 6 2014, 4:34pm)
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Post edited by Bracegirdle
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