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“The Lord of the Rings' is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out practically all references to anything like 'religion,' to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and symbolism.”
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
― The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
“Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistake of our own period. And that means the old books.”
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“Shakespeare never has six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven, but this does not refute my general assertion.”
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“A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.”
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