It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the... - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not."
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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
"The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with eager feet,Until it joins some larger wayWhere many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I cannot say"
"I will take the Ring", he said, "though I do not know the way."
"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."