I wish it need not 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 to us.

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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

I don’t think there’s any quote more suitable for today (9 November 2016)

jodiefoster:

me while sipping apple juice out of a champagne glass and looking dramatically off into the distance: i’ve had it

drakeimpala:

anyone else feel like they missed the entire month of october. And the entire month of september. and the whole summer. and everything before that. anyone else passively floating through space and time. anyone else feeling like a member of the audience in a movie theater screening their own consciousness who’s just sitting back and eating snacks while everything plays out before them

Stuck somewhere between try harder and why bother.

—(via harukimuracallme)

fallstopieces:

Besides, isn’t it more exciting when you don’t have permission?