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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."
About J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3 1892 – September 2 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, most famous for his classic high fantasy works.
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Shorter versions of this quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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.
Additional quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
There 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.