“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.”
―J.R.R. Tolkien (b. Jan. 3, 1892 – d. Sept. 2, 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring
“It’s where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are.”
~ Joyce Carol Oates (b. June 16, 1938)
“Do not whine… Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”
Joan Didion (b. December 5, 1934 – d. December 23, 2021)
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.”
~T.S. Eliot (b. September 26, 1888 – d. January 4, 1965)
“December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.”
~ Fennel Hudson, British author
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
Edith Sitwell (b. 7 September 1887 – d. 9 December 1964)
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