Proverbs of Middle Earth

On Enduring Pain

 

There is no real going back.
FRODO

There are some wounds which cannot be wholly cured.
GANDALF

Having been key in averting utter disaster for all of Middle Earth, it is a great tragedy is that Frodo cannot benefit from what he has achieved.  Sam feels the injustice most keenly; aware that few know (or care) what his master has done and sacrificed, and heartbroken that even in anonymity, Frodo cannot enjoy the Shire that he saved.

It must be so, when things are in danger:
some one has to give them up, lose them,
so that others may keep them.
FRODO

Leaving the Havens

Frodo is leaving, Bilbo is leaving, Gandalf is leaving.

So too are Elrond, Gildor, Galadriel and many others; the Third Age is ended, and Middle Earth will now be for the Mortal.  They pass through the Shire and come to the Sea, where they must say goodbye.

Not all tears are an evil.
GANDALF

At Mithlond, the Grey Havens, Pippin and Merry join them for one final parting, and also to share the journey back with Sam.

It [is] better to ride... three together than one alone.
GANDALF

Tears fall, but without bitterness.  Farewell.