in another world and another lifetime
a place and time we do not know

you and i together
and it will be forever

not a hero

just because it didn't happen to you, doesn't mean it did not happen at all.

be grateful you did not suffer but acknowledge the pain of those who did.

how can you consider somebody, who had thousands of innocent lives imprisoned, tortured, and murdered, a hero?

forgive? if asked, sure. 

but make him a hero? absolutely not. how can anybody think otherwise?

"per aspera, ad astra"

"There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted."

-Roque. Golden Son. Pierce Brown

"Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark."

-Darrow. Golden Son. Pierce Brown

“A man thinks he can fly, but he is afraid to jump. A poor friend pushes him from behind. A good friend jumps with."

-Ragnar quoting Lorn au Arcos to Darrow. Morning Star. Pierce Brown.

"Break the chains."

"Live for more."

"I could make you happy,

make your dreams come true.

Nothing that I wouldn't do,

go to the ends of the Earth for you,

to make you feel my love."

one

one who took my heart and broke it

one who i thought would help me get it back

one who is every bit the man of my dreams but born too early 

one who seems perfect in every way but born too late

none of them the one.

return of the king

"a day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. an hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! but it is not this day! this day we fight!"

-aragorn

gimli: never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf. 

legolas: what about side by side with a friend? 

gimli: aye. I could do that.

"come on, mr. frodo. i can't carry it for you, but i can carry you."

-sam

"my friends, you bow to no one."

-aragorn to the hobbits

this scene. still brings tears to my eyes.

because anyone, even the "little" people, can be a hero.

"how do you pick up the threads of an old life? how do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand there is no going back? there are some things that time cannot mend, some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold."

-frodo

"i will not say 'do not weep', for not all tears are an evil."

-gandalf

"we set out to save the shire, sam. and it has been saved. but not for me"

-frodo

argh i'm not done crying yet.

return of the king. epic end to an epic tale. just. epic.