Request of Permission

[Rosa Underhill]

Okay, I finally went through the whole "Effects of Fantasy" thread (great answers and, for a while, an interesting debate, until it got mean). I've found tons of useful quotes that I'd like to put in my paper but I don't want to use them without the author's permission, so, may I get permission from you guys to use the following quotes?

Child of the 7th Age: fantasy literature helped her get through the heartache of losing a daughter
“It's not the be-all or end-all of my existence, but it is one part of who I am.”
“In your own post, you say fantasy is "pure escapism and back to reality again". I believe this is true, but with one important difference. When you return, you are changed just a bit from having read and participated in that subcreation. It may be just a fantasy world with Elves and Hobbits and Ents, but this subcreation carries messages about who we are, our values, and how we should respond when challenges abound.”

Tigerlily Gamgee: “It helped to find somewhere else to go when peers and school became cruel and hard to handle.”
“I think that fantasy is one of the last places on earth that you can find nobility in humans.”

MyyyPreciousSS: “I don't even want to know what I would be like if I hadn't discovered fantasy....”

Aosama, the Wandering Star: “Fantasy always made me believe in something better.”
“Books, especially fantasy and adventure, allow me to go places and do things I could never do in real life. It's kind of liberating, actually.”

Araen: “If it wasn't for Fantasy books I would not be tyoing this right now. In the last couple of years I was so buillied, so teased that I became very depressed and I wanted to kill myself. The only way I managed to cheer myself up was to read or to slip into Pern or Middle Earth. I would pop in for tea at Bilbo's or stand on the sands at Fort Weyr.”

Amarinth: “i remember when i was in college a long time ago, a student leader was assassinated in our campus. in his grave are written the epithet, immortal words of frodo at the grey havens: "for it is so...some will lose it...so that others may keep it."”

dragongirlG: “Reading fantasy gave me a shelter that I had not discovered, especially Harry Potter because the characters were going through the same teenage things that I was.”
“Fantasy has helped me grow emotionally, made me more mature, and discover my passion: writing.”

Thinhyandoiel: “But I find my current use for fantasy is not only escape, but for learning and discovery.”
“Shortly after the fight began, I found that I was suddenly in the basement, where I am right now, with The Two Towers in my hand….But for that space of 45 minutes the shouts and swearing, the banging and slamming of doors was gone.”

NyteSky: “Most importantly it stretches one's imagination, more than any other genre seems to. It shows me things I never would have thought of, lets me see things from the other guy's point of view, takes me places long forgotten. I owe a great debt to fantasy and its writers. The world would be a barren desert without it, devoid of beauty and imagination and hope.”

Jessica Jade: “Words are definitely very powerful tools....the biggest lie i have ever heard is that old sing-song rhyme:"Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me." Blah! Can any statement be more blatantly false? Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can tear my soul to pieces.”

Manelwen:“I am constantly reading stale textbooks, utterly depressing newspapers and grim biographies; once in a blue moon, a nice thick and juicy fantasy novel makes me feel better again.”

Thalionyulma: “What was the effect of fantasy on me? A lot. It has given me dreams.”

I may not be able to use all of these in the paper but most of them would be a great help. Thanks for your time guys! Oh, and as soon as I get the paper done (which should be soon since it's due on Monday) I'll find some place on the 'net to post if for anyone who wants to read. Of course, I could always try submitting it to the fan fiction area, but I don't think it counts since it's an essay and not completely Tolkien or Middle-Earth related... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]