I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking min... - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

"I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny. [...] I do not believe that darkness will endure!"

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"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take."
"Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's risingI came singing into the sun, sword unsheathing.To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
"We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me."
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"Above all shadows rides the Sunand Stars for ever dwell:I will not say the Day is done,nor bid the Stars farewell."