J.R.R. Tolkien has many inspirational quotes from the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and his various other works. However, one of my (many) favorites is from The Two Towers, where Sam is trying to convince Frodo to keep going. He reminds Frodo of the stories they heard when they were young hobbits, in the peaceful Shire. "It's like the great stories, Mr. Frodo," Sam tells him. "The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end... because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's just a passing thing.. this shadow." The stories that Sam is telling Frodo about are so similar to their own story- and Frodo and Sam are able to continue on to Mordor, to save their world, and their Shire, and their stories. I love this quote because it applies to our lives as well. No matter how bad it is right now, things will get better, and the sun will shine again.
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