lotr – Page 52 – darknesstohislight

bananaraisinface:

J. R. R. Tolkien on escapism in “The Lord of the Rings” (x)

“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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benswhishaws:

_{Don’t leave me here alone. Don’t go where I can’t follow.}

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ganseyblues:

_{I would have gone with you to the end. Into the very fires of Mordor.}

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ohsofili:

_{But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.}

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