"The Road goes ever on ...."

The Road goes ever on and on,

Down from the door where it began,

Now far ahead the Road has gone,

And I must follow if I can.

Pursuing it with eager feet,

Until it joins some larger way,

Where many paths and errands meet,

And wither then?  I cannot say.

J R R Tolkien

"I wish ...."

"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, Lord of the Rings

P.S. feather of a brahminy kite

"If more of us valued ...."

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

J R R Tolkien