Fellowship of the Rings by JRR Tolkien - Binghamton, NY - Etched in Stone on Waymarking.com

text "For Diane Mannix "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." Fellowship of the Rings by JRR Tolkien From her friends, Laurel and Sherrie"

Fuller quote:
"“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.”"
Explanation of quote
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"Gandalf’s response to Frodo’s lament is at once heroic and fatalistic. The wizard’s words are heroic because they insist that one must rise to the challenge offered by one’s time. At the same time, however, there is also the suggestion that one is born at a particular time and in a particular place for a certain preordained purpose...These pervasive references to preordainment and prophecy link Tolkien’s novel to earlier epics and mythologies, most notably those of ancient Greece. "

Address: 60 Morgan Road Binghamton, Ny 13903 Website: [Web Link]

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