One of the most popular literary works of all time is The Lord of the Rings. This year it is celebrated the 70th anniversary since its first publication, and has since been reprinted numerous times and translated into many different languages. This makes it one of the most acclaimed novels of the 20th century, although its fame has also been boosted by the films directed by Peter Jackson.
The trilogy of The Lord of the rings has left us with a long series of very emblematic moments that continue to be remembered today. For example, one of them is when you read what is inscribed in the One Ringwhich must be destroyed at all costs to prevent the dark lord Sauron from taking control of it, given that it is its main source of power.
The phrase in question and so emblematic is the following:
A ring to govern them all. A ring to find them. One ring to draw them all and bind them in the darkness.
It is probably one of the best-known lines in the entire saga. However, the most curious of all is the place where it occurred to Tolkien, because he himself confessed that he was thinking about it. one day while I was in the bathroom, and that's when he invented it. Of course, she did not specify what exactly she was doing at that moment.
Of course, apart from showering, washing and doing one's business, it is clear that the bathroom is a good place to meditate and for the most brilliant ideas to flourish, because we have the best proof in the mind of this great British writer. So, the next time you want to think of something very clever, you know where to go.
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