Tolkien's words highlight the importance of valuing the simple cheers of life instead of wealth and status, because these pleasures make life worth living.
Sauron's master, the Dark Lord Morgoth, had a "ring" of his own, and it was responsible for the evil that appeared in J. R. R. Tolkien's stories.
Literary masterworks like Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea and Tolkien's The Hobbit are foundational efforts that have come to define the fantasy genre.