jrr tolkien: i really love my wife. i will make her into a beautiful, unearthly half-angel princess who beat satan almost single-handedly and won an argument with the keeper of the halls of the dead
jrr tolkien: i really love my best friend. i will make him into a grumpy old tree who never gets to the point

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ALSO JRR TOLKIEN: I really love my children. I will make the oldest one into my lifelong BFF and confidante and share my whole soul with him while vaguely mentioning the others– are there others?– maybe once or twice at most in my letters.