Tolkien Quote of the Day
7/20/2025
The immediate ‘authorities’ are the Valar (the Powers or Authorities): the ‘gods’. But they are only created spirits – of high angelic order we should say, with their attendant lesser angels – reverend, therefore, but not worshipful; and though potently ‘subcreative’, and resident on Earth to which they are bound by love, having assisted in its making and ordering, they cannot by their own will alter any fundamental provision.
J.R.R. Tolkien (letter 153)
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It is so helpful to read Tolkien in the small doses you provide, Kaleb. His writings are so rich and complex (to me, anyway) that when I read a whole passage, I am likely to miss whole shades of meaning that I can otherwise grasp when fed just a few sentences at a time!