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Tolkien 's creation does speak to the core of my innermost self.
As far as i'm concerned, Lotr's world is a part of me but i'm not a part of it.
It grows in me and i'm growing with it. It's inspiring me and contributes to the being i am.
I keep it within like a light as well as the silmarils keep the light of the ancient time of Valinor.
But it brightens only some pieces of my inner spirit.
To my misfortune, i'm not seeking to be an Elf or other living kinds either in Arda.
I'm just a wanderer, in an awaken dream, whose one greatest joies, is to witness all the wealth of this world,
with everlasting childish amazement!
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Stone,this has to be one of the most wonderful things that ever were said in praise of Tolkien, and you were so 'Tolkienite' in saying it! I praise you with great praise!
amyrlis,you're right - it does echo the world we live in, in all its beauty and sorrow. In both worlds, the words of Haldir of Lorien ring true:
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but stil there is much that is fair and though in all lands love is mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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I leave you to reflect on this truth. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]