Stephen Colbert Tweets Out This Gem

[kpete]

“And all the host laughed and wept...and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.”

Link to tweet

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[Laelth]

1. Tolkien. Duh.

That’s just beautiful English.

Kudos to Colbert for knowing where to find it.



-Laelth

[angstlessk]

2. Colbert LOVES Lord of the Rings and every iteration there after

He's well beyond just a fan.

https://www.google.com/search?q=stephen+colbert+on+lord+of+the+rings&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS890US890&oq=colbert+on+lord&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i22i30i457j0i22i30l6.1983007j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Wednesdays]

10. Colbert is a HUGE Tolkein fan

He probably had it memorized.

[Kittycow]

3. I thought it was from the Bible...lol

Shows ya what I know.

I'm so happy for him as a person after watching how heartbroken he was the other day.

[jaxexpat]

11. Me too. I was going to try and find it in Isaiah or Jeremiah.

Silly English words to tear up over.

[rustysgurl]

4. Are you kidding?

He knows it BY HEART. The man is the quintessential Tolkien geek.

But that being said, they ARE beautiful words, and very apropos at this time.

[lame54]

8. He's been sitting on this one for 4 years

[Hekate]

5. That's wonderful

[Tommymac]

6. And they lived happily ever after.

[judeling]

9. Actually

The new king labored hard healing the land of its wounds, as the heroes who fought the rising darkness over the ages slowly lay down the burdens and departed. Once the king felt he had done all he could he lay down his kingship and left the new age to his descendants.

The story ends in a joyful melancholy not in triumph.

[burrowowl]

14. When I first read it, long ago, I cried. I adore Tolkien.

[soldierant]

7. For years I've used the expression "good tears,"

but recently, I saw someone refer to this as "golden pain.' I like it.

[electric_blue68]

12. I thought of this soon after I heard the news! 💖

Even if I didn't get it totally right- I totally caught the spirit!

[PatrickforO]

13. I did not know Colbert was a big Tolkien fan.

I'm crazy about Tolkien.