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Showing Original Post only (View all)Something for our time, from J.R.R. Tolkien. [View all]
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. J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring
I'm pretty sure someone has shared this already, but it really speaks to me.
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Thanks for posting it. I have often thought of it in times such as these. It is comforting,
Amaryllis
Aug 2020
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I recall reading that it started as a serial in letters he wrote to his son stationed in S. Africa.
Adsos Letter
Aug 2020
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