- Charity of Age
For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more—remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men’s hearts are not often as bad as their acts, and very …
- Self Realization?
However, the essence of a fallen world is that the best cannot be attained by free enjoyment, or by what is called ‘self-realization’ (usually a nice name for …
- The Real Soul-Mate
When the glamour wears off, or merely works a bit thin, [husbands] think they have made a mistake, and that the real soul-mate is still to find. The real soul-mate too …
- Tolkien on Lewis
C.S.L. of course had some oddities and could sometimes be irritating.
- Tolkien on Disney
It may be advisable, rather than lose the American interest, to let the Americans do it seems good for them – as long as it was possible (I should like to add) to veto …
- The Lord of the Rings Not a Children’s Book
I find that many children become interested, even engrossed, in The Lord of the Rings, from about 10 onwards. I think this is rather a pity, really. It was not written …
- Never is too long
‘Never is too long a word even for me’ said Treebeard.