This conversation, one of my favorites in all of literature, sums of the wisdom of Ecclesiastes:
FRODO:It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.
GANDALF:Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of the Ring.
FRODO:I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
GANDALF:So do all that come 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. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case you were also 'meant' to have it. And that is an encouraging thought. Eh - it's that way.
This conversation, one of my favorites in all of literature, sums of the wisdom of Ecclesiastes:
ReplyDeleteFRODO:It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.
GANDALF:Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of the Ring.
FRODO:I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
GANDALF:So do all that come 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. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case you were also 'meant' to have it. And that is an encouraging thought. Eh - it's that way.