{"id":110039,"date":"2021-01-03T15:34:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T20:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=110039"},"modified":"2021-01-03T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T21:09:08","slug":"happy-birthday-professor-tolkien-and-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2021\/01\/03\/110039-happy-birthday-professor-tolkien-and-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien, and Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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129 years ago today, in Bloemfontein Africa, a very special person came into the world: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Forty-five years later, in 1937, his book\u00a0The Hobbit,<\/em>\u00a0was published which he had written for his children. Together with its sequel,\u00a0The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, it launched generations of readers on adventures through the invented world of Middle-earth; adventure that would impact many of us for the rest of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the greatest ways Tolkien has impacted many of our lives is through the friendships we\u2019ve made from having read Tolkien\u2019s books and\/or watched Peter Jackson\u2019s movies of the same. Tolkien himself made lifelong friendships as a result of his writing endeavors, sharing many a pint critiquing yet-unfinished works at the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford with friends C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and others. Today, countless discussion forums, websites, and clubs carry on the tradition of those discussions, sharing ideas about Tolkien and his writings with like-minded fans and, yes, dear friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, TORn celebrates life of J.R.R. Tolkien and the inspiration and friendships he has given us. To express our thanks, we\u2019re continuing our theme of the day of Tolkien quotes, this time with quotes having to do with friendship from The Lord of the Rings<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI name you Elf-friend, and may the stars shine upon the end of your road\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

– Gildor to Frodo (The Fellowship of the Ring: Three is Company)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cYou can trust us to stick to you, through thick and thin \u2013 to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours \u2013 closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

 – Merry to Frodo (The Fellowship of the Ring:<\/em><\/em> A Conspiracy Unmasked)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThough all the mighty elf-friends of old, Hador and Hurin, and Turin, and Beren himself were assembled together your seat should be among them.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

– Elrond to Frodo (The Fellowship of the Ring:<\/em><\/em> The Council of Elrond)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cYou will meet many foes, some open, and some disguised; and you may find friends along your way when you least look for it.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

– Elrond to the Fellowship (The Fellowship of the Ring:<\/em><\/em> The Ring Goes South)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTwice blessed is help unlooked for, and never was a meeting of friends so joyful.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

 – Eomer to Aragorn (The Return of the King:<\/em><\/em> The Battle of the Pelennor Fields)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI wish we could have a Stone that we could see all our friends in and that we could speak to them from far away.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Pippin (The Return of the King: Many Partings)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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