
„Die Qualität und nicht die Langlebigkeit des eigenen Lebens ist wichtig.“
I take it, one of the main things the author wants to say is that the real life of men is of that mythical and heroic quality.
Quelle: Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, p. 89
Kontext: But why,' (some ask), 'why, if you have a serious comment to make on the real life of men, must you do it by talking about a phantasmagoric never-never land of your own?' Because, I take it, one of the main things the author wants to say is that the real life of men is of that mythical and heroic quality. One can see the principle at work in his characterization. Much that in a realistic work would be done by 'character delineation' is here done simply by making the character an elf, a dwarf, or a hobbit. The imagined beings have their insides on the outside; they are visible souls. And Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all till we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?
„Die Qualität und nicht die Langlebigkeit des eigenen Lebens ist wichtig.“
„die Menschen nehmen Dinge in der Bibel hin, die sie im gewöhnlichen Leben verabscheuen.“
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Unerwartete Leidenschaft
„Es war immer mein Grundsatz, dass die kleinen Dinge im Leben die wichtigsten sind.“
„Die wichtigsten Dinge lassen sich am schwersten sagen.“
Frühling und Herbst des Lü Bu We, S. 381
„Lebensklugheit bedeutet: Alle Dinge möglichst wichtig, aber keines völlig ernst zu nehmen.“