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Above My
April 18, 2010
East
'They seem a bit above my likes and dislikes, so to speak,' answered Sam slowly. 'It don't seem to matter what I think about them. They are quite different from what I expected — so old and young, and so gay and sad, as it were.'
Not my first re-read, or even my second, but it has been a few years. I'm a huge fan of the P.Jackson & co. film adaptation, and yet it is swell to get back to basics and fall in love with Fellowship all over again.
After all, how many books pause for songs and poems with such wondrous thoughts as 'Not all who wander are lost'?
And, as early as the beginning of the journey from The Shire, the mere presence of the word "Hobbits" evokes much delight and affection, especially when spoken in dialogue, even in the most ordinary of situations!
'Wake up, Hobbits!'
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