“I do so dearly believe that no half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.”

Letter to Edith, as quoted in J. R. R. Tolkien: a biography (1977) by Humphrey Carpenter, p. 66

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British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy … 1892–1973

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