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“…literature puts words in the mouths of the dying and gives them the chance to speak.”

“Dying in defense of [loyalty, freedom, honesty, hope, and love] is not a failure, but an expression of a life lived to the fullest. It is the affirmation that these virtues are so powerful, so important, that they insist on showing themselves even in (or perhaps especially) in an individual’s last moments.”

"in a sense, then, the lord of the rings works like an ars moriendi—a guide to the art of dying well."

I'm crying in the introduction already.