"What do you fear, lady?" Aragorn asked.
"A cage," Éowyn said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
My co-worker and personal friend, Liz, is in the hospital in a bad shape due to surgery complications. She may be going in for a second surgery, because the hospital just can't figure out what is wrong. Please spare a thought and a prayer, if you can. She's a fantastic person and a Tolkien lover.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
Certainly, Frelga. I hope they can figure it out soon, and without more surgery.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Yes, she posted about it in the Parlour. My prayers go out to vison and all of her family.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Thank you all my dear friendsm for your thoughts and prayers. My friend is doing much better and feeling stronger, and so far the second surgery wasn't necessary.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
That's wonderful news, Frelga. May she continue to improve.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
