Oliver Pierce

“Man proceeds in the fog. But when he looks back to judge people of the past, he sees no fog on their path. From his present, which was their faraway future, their path looks perfectly clear to him, good visibility all the way. Looking back, he sees the path, he sees the people proceeding, he sees their mistakes, but not the fog.”
― Milan Kundera, Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts

“If more people valued home, above gold, this world would be a merrier place...”
― Thorin Oakenshield

“If you want to know who rules over you, just look for who you are not allowed to criticize.”
― Kevin Alfred Strom

“A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.

Aragorn, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King