Comment by block_dagger
2 years ago
Gandalf also said, "End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it."
Great quote.
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He did? I'm surprised to find a quote I'm not familiar with. On what page of which edition did he say this?
Gandalf says this in the movies, not in the book. However the descriptive language is drawn from Frodo's dream in the barrow downs and his experience sailing into west at the end of LOTR.
> And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise.
But "sailing into the west" is not a metaphor for death, Valinor is not a metaphor for heaven (as it's a real place within LOTR world where e.g. Frodo dies). Gandalf's movie quote does not appear to be based on book material.
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