I've got jumbles of Tolkien quotes in my head
“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.”
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And the other is this one:
"it will certainly mean fighting. You won’t rescue Lotho, or the Shire, just by being shocked and sad, my dear Frodo.’"
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I always wonder just how much Tolkein is reflecting on his own First World War service on the Somme with passages like this...
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Conscious or not, it's hard to ignore one's experiences. Especially one as scarring as that
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Slightly less gravitas, but I really hope these are the thoughts going through Russian troops heads right now:
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No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. - J Michael Straczynski
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"You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And if he was really evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home. If he would not rather have stayed there in peace. War will make corpses of us all."
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Where now the horse and the rider?
Where is the horn that was blowing? The days have gone in the West behind the hills in shadow.
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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach
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Haven’t seen my favorite yet… “The Horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep, one last time!”
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Sam's little speech in Osgiliath "a new day will come" has been sticking with me
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I am going to hear that in Ian McKellen’s voice for the rest of my life. And rightfully so.
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“He wondered what the man’s name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace.”
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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“Ever will some new evil be hatched in Angband beyond the guess of Elves and Men.”
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Here’s one I’ve been thinking about:
War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” Tolkien
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I was just thinking about this very passage a few minutes before reading your tweet. It is sadly very apropos.
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I thought of "Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas!" with those Islanders.
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I also keep hearing Faramir quotes running around with the Frodo/Gandalf quote.
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I thought the same thing when I ment to Afghanistan for the Global War of Terrorism so my children may live in peace. My my children are becoming adults just in time for the next (possibly) global war.
War is a fools game an adventure without reward.
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My response to a sarcastic “aren’t you glad you volunteered to be president/exec dir of our synagogue/school/camp during a pandemic” is YES. Because I am able to do it and do it well and it needs doing. Not quite the same, and yet much the same. It is an honor to serve.
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“Will you ride with me then, Son of Arathorn? At least we shall make such an end as shall be worth a song.”
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“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.”
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And may God spare us from "War is upon you, weather you would risk it or not. "
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"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."
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