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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.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: J. R. R. Tolkien
Type
reference · Secondary source
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Context

Tolkien in Oxford (1968), a BBC 2 television documentary (at 21:49)

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Tolkien, J. R. R.. (n.d.). Wikiquote: J. R. R. Tolkien. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

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