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“Little by little, one travels far.”

 

[ J. R. R. Tolkien ]

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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 freedom of mind and soul,

if we’re partisans of liberty,

then it’s our plain duty to escape,

 

and to take as many people with us as we can!”

 

[ J. R. R. Tolkien ]

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“There,

peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains,

Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while.

 

The beauty of it smote his heart,

as he looked up out of the forsaken land,

and hope returned to him.

 

For like a shaft,

clear and cold,

the thought pierced him that in the end

the Shadow was only a small and passing thing:

there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”

 

[ J. R. R. Tolkien – Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King ]

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“What do you fear, lady?” [Aragorn] asked.

“A cage, “[Éowyn] said.

“To stay behind bars,

until use and old age accept them,

and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”

[ J.R.R. Tolkien – Lord Of The Rings – The Return Of The King ]