“I should say that, in addition to my tree-love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own pre-occupation with the Lord of the Rings, the knowledge that it would be finished in great detail or not at all, and the fear (near certainty) that it would be 'not at all'. The war had arisen to darken all horizons. But no such analyses are a complete explanation even of a short story.” ShouldWarStoriesWould BeMy OwnLordTreeDetailsFinishedRingsCertaintyAnalysisExplanationHorizonOccupationShort Story Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“It has been a long time since I believed in Reality. I prefer the loveliness and the terror of my subjective experiences to those coldly scientific explanations which in the long run turn out to be no more real, and far less fun, than my own fantasies and musings.” LongHas BeensRealRealityRunningTurnsFunMy OwnFantasyLong TimeTerrorExplanationLong RunsSubjectiveLovelinessMusings Book:Even a Stone Can be a Teacher: Learning and Growing from the Experiences of Everyday Life Source: Even a Stone Can be a Teacher: Learning and Growing from the Experiences of Everyday Life
“Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.” HumansWholeMotherDiesMy OwnSpaceLevelsExistenceIntellectualConvincedMysteriousExplanationHuman ExistenceClusters Author:A. N. Wilson