Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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02 July 2020

When put to shame by a dwarf and fairy queen, shut up and take it. (FR 2.vii.359)

'Dark is the water of Kheled-zâram, and cold are the springs of Kibil-nâla, and fair were the many-pillared halls of Khazad-dûm in Eld...

05 October 2019

The Last Enchantment -- FR 2.viii.377

As they passed her they turned and their eyes watched her slowly floating away from them. For so it seemed to them: Lórien was slippin...

17 July 2016

Galadriel and the Fall of Gandalf

It's that woman again My last post looked at Celeborn's famously poor showing as the wisest of the Elves of Middle-earth. He...

24 October 2015

Under the Shadow of the Argonath -- The Last of Strider (FR 2.ix.393)

The Pillars of the Kings © Ted Nasmith 'Fear not!' said a strange voice behind him. Frodo turned and saw Strider, and yet not S...

01 September 2015

Elrond and the Last Sons of Fëanor (FR 2.iii.281)

As the Fellowship is about to depart Rivendell, Elrond offers them these final words: '... no oath or bond is laid on you to go furt...

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