Egleriel Adonnenniel

ar-feiniel:

Happy Birthday,  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 

January 3, 1892

And thank you for changing my life so completely. My gratitude will last forever.

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eomering:

LOTR ALPHABET » J.R.R. Tolkien

“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”

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turrner:

There is no ‘symbolism’ or conscious allegory in my story. Allegory of the sort ‘five wizards = five senses’ is wholly foreign to my way of thinking. There were five wizards and that is just a unique part of history. To ask if the Orcs ‘are’ Communists is to me as sensible as asking if Communists are Orcs. That there is no allegory does not, of course, say there is no applicability. There always is. And since I have not made the struggle wholly unequivocal: sloth and stupidity among hobbits, pride and [illegible] among Elves, grudge and greed in Dwarf-hearts, and folly and wickedness among the ‘Kings of Men’, and treachery and power-lust even among the ‘Wizards’, there is I suppose applicability in my story to present times. But I should say, if asked, the tale is not really about Power and Dominion: that only sets the wheels going; it is about Death and the desire for deathlessness. Which is hardly more than to say it is a tale written by a Man!

From a letter to Herbert Schiro 17. November 1957

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a-holiday-everyday:

January 3rd 2012: J.R.R. Tolkien Day

I told you this day’s holiday would probably be one of my favorite.

In honor of what would have been J.R.R. Tolkien’s 120th birthday, I held a quick little celebration. My friend Sarah came over later in the day. My mother, Sarah and I played Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit, ate silly looking sugar cookies made by me, and at 9:00 PM we toasted to the professor. It was a grand evening, a night that assures me I should continue on my journey to celebrate everyday. :)

There’s not much else to say of the evening. (That’s not to say it wasn’t fantastic!) In fact very few minutes remain of this day. So here’s to you, professor. Thank you for creating such an intricate, grandiose world. I have constant admiration for the many works you have done (which includes so much more than just the stories of Middle Earth). You made great advancements and wonderful accomplishments. I could talk about them for a long time. But what this all comes down to is that your stories gave me hope in a dark time of my life. When everything seemed hopeless and I was so broken, the Lord of the Rings series kept me going. Because how could I give up when those faithful characters endured? I am so grateful for your gift to me. Thank you, professor.

I wanted to reblog this from myself because it’s my Tolkien celebrations. How could I not? Also don’t you just love that GPOY of me? ;D

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cheesemeister97:

Today is the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)

Song for the Sea - J.R.R. Tolkien

“To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
West, west away, the round sun is falling.
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
The voices of my people that have gone before me?
I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;
For our days are ending and our years failing.
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling,
Sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling,
In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover,
Where the leaves fall not: land of my people for ever”

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