“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
More from J.R.R. Tolkien
“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
“Your time will come. You will face the same evil, and you will defeat it.”
“I will not walk backward in life.”
“Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.”