“So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“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 Fellowship of the Ring
"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 Fellowship of the Ring
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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