Derek Caelin 🌱 on Nostr: What a line from Tolkien. I actually teared up a little in reading it. I think about ...

What a line from Tolkien. I actually teared up a little in reading it. I think about the things we lose daily.

"Well, cheers and all that to you dearest son. We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much love, what we do love. I imagine the fish out of water is the only fish to have an inkling of water."

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/j-r-r-tolkien-from-a-letter-to-christopher-tolkien