Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.
J. R. R. TolkienThere is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. TolkienFarewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!
J. R. R. TolkienAnd amid all the splendours of the World, its vast halls and spaces, and its wheeling fires, Ilรบvatar chose a place for their habitation in the Deeps of Time and in the midst of the innumerable stars.
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