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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)

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 for them. But then I am a very ‘unvoracious’ reader, and since I can seldom bring myself to really work twice I think of the many things I read – too soon! Nothing, not even a (possible) deeper appreciation, for me replaces the bloom on a book, the freshness of the unread.

J.R.R. Tolkien

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