History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.

“The strongest must seek a way, say you? But I say: let a ploughman plough, but …”

“Sam, clinging to Frodo's arm, collapsed on a step in the black darkness. 'Poor …”

“Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility o…”

“A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.”