What makes a life? More than what we say; more, even, than what we do. A life is also what we love, and what we believe in.
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“The finished product you see on the peaks is the end result of the resurrection in the valley.”
― Crushing: God Turns Pressure into Power
― Crushing: God Turns Pressure into Power
“No matter how hard you might try, you can’t escape the spiritual bond between you and your Maker. You can’t drink it away. You can’t smoke it away. You can’t sex it away.”
― Crushing: God Turns Pressure into Power
― Crushing: God Turns Pressure into Power
“It’s the first time I see that we have a choice: to pay attention to what we’ve lost or to pay attention to what we still have.”
― The Choice
― The Choice
“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.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
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