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Those who love Tolkien are almost always good people, honest people. Some are Hobbit-like and some are Elvish, but none are Orcish. Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters.

— Peter Kreeft The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind the Lord of the Rings (2005)

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