Hmmm... I wonder who will not be seeing "The Hobbit" when the movie comes out in 2012? One of my favorite lines in the story appears about 2/3 of the way through. After an arduous, adventure-fraught enterprise for Bilbo Baggins and the dwarves:
"They were at the end of their journey, but as far as ever, it seemed, from the end of their quest. None of them had much spirit left."
They had already been through so much, but the thing that they had set out to do was just now barely upon them... and it looked to be the most daunting task of any that they had faced.
I'm not overly concerned about the outcome of a superbly written fantasy. I am concerned that I might be closer to the end of my journey than I am to the end of my quest. And, honestly, sometimes I don't feel like I have much spirit left, either.
