"Tolkien understood about the things that happen after……" — Jo Walton
"Tolkien understood about the things that happen after the end. Because this is after the end, this is all the Scouring of the Shire, this is figuring out how to live in the time that wasn’t supposed to happen after the glorious last stand. I saved the world, or I think I did, and look, the world is still here, with sunsets and interlibrary loans. And it doesn’t care about me any more than the Shire cared about Frodo."
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Jo Walton
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23 Quotes by Jo Walton
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The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole…
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If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.
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I had said that Le Guin's worlds were real because her people were so real, and he said yes, but…
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I am reading The Lord of the Rings. I suddenly wanted to. I almost know it by heart, but I…
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There may be stranger reasons for being alive. There are books There’s interlibrary loan. There are books you can fall…
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It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.
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If you love books enough, books will love you back.
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There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.
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Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to…
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You know, class is like magic. There's nothing there you can point to, it evaporates if you try to analyse…
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I don’t think I am like other people. I mean on some deep fundamental level. It’s not just being half…
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One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and…
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