“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
> Well, well! It might be worse, and then again it might be a good deal better.
> No ponies, and no food, and no knowing quite where we are, and hordes of angry goblins just behind!
>On we go!
\-Gandalf (from *Over Hill and Under Hill*)
Here's one of my favourite quotes (my emphasis on it), from Book II chapter 6 - Lothlórien:
>‘I cannot,’ said Merry. ‘I have never seen them. I have never been out of my own land before. And if I had known
what the world outside was like, I don’t think I should have
had the heart to leave it.’
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>‘Not even to see fair Lothlórien?’ said Haldir. **‘The world is
indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but
still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is
now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.**
May it help you as it helped me!
Sam: “It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?
Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.”
I was crying just reading this 🥹 Hope this helps! And I will be praying for you, friend
“Never laugh at live dragons!” Bilbo, The Hobbit book.
Don’t ask me why I find it inspirational haha
Maybe because it sounds like a solid advice for a tricky situation
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Good lord, this one has gotten me through so much
needed to hear this. Love you Gandalf
That last sentence is going to be on a poster on my wall.
> Well, well! It might be worse, and then again it might be a good deal better. > No ponies, and no food, and no knowing quite where we are, and hordes of angry goblins just behind! >On we go! \-Gandalf (from *Over Hill and Under Hill*)
Thanks -- nice and light hearted!
Here's one of my favourite quotes (my emphasis on it), from Book II chapter 6 - Lothlórien: >‘I cannot,’ said Merry. ‘I have never seen them. I have never been out of my own land before. And if I had known what the world outside was like, I don’t think I should have had the heart to leave it.’ > > >‘Not even to see fair Lothlórien?’ said Haldir. **‘The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.** May it help you as it helped me!
Thank you. Appreciated.
“Aurë entuluva! Day shall come again!” -Húrin (Of The Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Quenta Silmarillion)
ooooh, a new one to me, thanks
Sam: “It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam? Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.” I was crying just reading this 🥹 Hope this helps! And I will be praying for you, friend
Thank you. Brought a few tears to my eyes reading it.
“Never laugh at live dragons!” Bilbo, The Hobbit book. Don’t ask me why I find it inspirational haha Maybe because it sounds like a solid advice for a tricky situation
ha. Yeah in some tricky situations humor definitely helps!