„Ten, kto nedokáže odhodiť poklad, keď je treba, je jeho otrokom.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Pán prsteňov
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Dátum narodenia: 3. január 1892
Dátum úmrtia: 2. september 1973
Ďalšie mená: J. R. R. Tolkien, John Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien bol anglický spisovateľ, autor knihy The Hobbit a jej pokračovania The Lord of the Rings, jeho najznámejšej knihy.
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„If you really come down to any large story that interests people – holds the attention for a considerable time … human stories are practically always about one thing, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death.“
Tolkien in Oxford (1968) http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers/12237.shtml, a BBC 2 television documentary (at 21:49)
„That story was the only thing I have ever done which cost me absolutely no pains at all.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, kniha Leaf by Niggle
About "Leaf by Niggle", in a letter to Stanley Unwin (18 March 1945)
Kontext: That story was the only thing I have ever done which cost me absolutely no pains at all. Usually I compose only with great difficulty and endless rewriting. I woke up one day (more than 2 years ago) with that odd thing virtually complete in my head. It took only a few hours to get down, and then copy out.
„The Evangelium has not abrogated legends; it has hallowed them, especially the "happy ending."“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, kniha On Fairy-Stories
The Christian has still to work, with mind as well as body, to suffer, hope, and die; but he may now perceive that all his bents and faculties have a purpose, which can be redeemed. So great is the bounty with which he has been treated that he may now, perhaps, fairly dare to guess that in Fantasy he may actually assist in the effoliation and multiple enrichment of creation. All tales may come true; and yet, at the last, redeemed, they may be as like and unlike the forms that we give them as Man, finally redeemed, will be like and unlike the fallen that we know.
On Fairy-Stories (1939)
„All tales may come true; and yet, at the last, redeemed, they may be as like and unlike the forms that we give them as Man, finally redeemed, will be like and unlike the fallen that we know.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, kniha On Fairy-Stories
On Fairy-Stories (1939)
Kontext: The Evangelium has not abrogated legends; it has hallowed them, especially the "happy ending." The Christian has still to work, with mind as well as body, to suffer, hope, and die; but he may now perceive that all his bents and faculties have a purpose, which can be redeemed. So great is the bounty with which he has been treated that he may now, perhaps, fairly dare to guess that in Fantasy he may actually assist in the effoliation and multiple enrichment of creation. All tales may come true; and yet, at the last, redeemed, they may be as like and unlike the forms that we give them as Man, finally redeemed, will be like and unlike the fallen that we know.
„But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.“
Letter to Michael Tolkien (March 1941)
Kontext: Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.
„Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes“
Letter to Michael Tolkien (March 1941)
Kontext: Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.
„The moment disbelief arises, the spell is broken; the magic, or rather art, has failed.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, kniha On Fairy-Stories
On Fairy-Stories (1939)
Kontext: The story-maker proves a successful 'sub-creator'. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside it, what he relates is 'true': it accords with the laws of that world. You therefore believe it, while you are, as it were, inside. The moment disbelief arises, the spell is broken; the magic, or rather art, has failed.
„I should say that, in addition to my tree-love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own pre-occupation with the Lord of the Rings, the knowledge that it would be finished in great detail or not at all, and the fear (near certainty) that it would be 'not at all'.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, kniha Leaf by Niggle
About "Leaf by Niggle", in a letter to Caroline Everett (24 June 1957)
Kontext: I should say that, in addition to my tree-love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own pre-occupation with the Lord of the Rings, the knowledge that it would be finished in great detail or not at all, and the fear (near certainty) that it would be 'not at all'. The war had arisen to darken all horizons. But no such analyses are a complete explanation even of a short story...
„I do not regard the (probable) absence of all Jewish blood as necessarily honourable; and I have many Jewish friends, and should regret giving any colour to the notion that I subscribed to the wholly pernicious and unscientific race-doctrine.“
No. 30: Letter to Stanley Unwin (25 July, 1938); Tolkien's German publishers had written to ask him whether he was of "Aryan" origin.
Kontext: I must say the enclosed letter from Rütten and Loening is a bit stiff. Do I suffer this impertinence because of the possession of a German name, or do their lunatic laws require a certificate of 'arisch' origin from all persons of all countries? … I do not regard the (probable) absence of all Jewish blood as necessarily honourable; and I have many Jewish friends, and should regret giving any colour to the notion that I subscribed to the wholly pernicious and unscientific race-doctrine.
