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Monday, March 16, 2020

Stoicism 101, Tolkien Style

"I wish the Ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened."

"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you."

"Go back, Sam! I'm going to Mordor alone."

"Of course you are! And I'm coming with you!"

"I made a promise, Mister Frodo. A promise. Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee. And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."

Love for conscience, and love for a friend, all in a single scene. . 


-bsc

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