“Third time pays for all”

J.R.R. Tolkien
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“Then Elrond and Galadriel rode on; for the Third Age was over and the Days of the Rings were passed and an end was come of the story and song of those times.”


“And Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begun; and it is your task to order its beginning and to preserve what must be preserved. For though much has been saved, much must now pass away; and the power of the Three Rings also is ended. And all the lands that you see, and those that lie round about them, shall be dwellings of Men. For the time comes of the Dominion of Men, and the Elder Kindred shall fade or depart.”


“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.”


“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.”


“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”


“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”