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Oct 26 2013, 3:53am

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The idea at least is related to Tolkien - in his Letters he talks about this idea and its centrality as a theme in his writing. It sounds very similar in concept to this quote:

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"But I should say, if asked, the tale is not really about Power and Dominion: that only sets the wheels going; it is about Death and the desire for deathlessness. Which is hardly more than to say it is a tale written by a Man!" (Letter 203, 1957)

It might be someone else commenting on Tolkien's perspective on the theme, and not the Professor himself.

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"Dark is the water of Kheled-z�ram, and cold are the springs of Kibil-n�la, and fair were the many-pillared halls of Khazad-d�m in Elder Days before the fall of mighty kings beneath the stone."

Subject	User	Time
Can anyone verify the veracity of this Tolkien quote?	demnation	Oct 26 2013, 12:10am
Google...	Nira	Oct 26 2013, 1:27am
Thank You!	demnation	Oct 26 2013, 1:41am
It would be good to geordie to weigh in on this	Magpie	Oct 26 2013, 2:08am
Hmmm....	Silverlode	Oct 26 2013, 3:53am
It's from a BBC TV documentary caalled 'Tolkien in Oxford'	geordie	Oct 26 2013, 8:44am
Evidently Tolkien talked in a looser style than he wrote in	squire	Oct 27 2013, 5:09pm

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