No one posts at this thread? Obvious! This is Amandil at the Akallabėth:
"If I thought that Manwė needs such messenger " said Amandil, "I would betray the king. For there is only one fidelity from which no man can be released in the heart for any reason. " (hope I translated it back right).
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories
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