'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.'

From The Fellowship of the Ring (chapter 'Shadow of the Past') by JRR Tolkien.

The famous words of comfort and wisdom spoken by Gandalf to Frodo (book version).

Pencil and acrylics on painted paper, 21x30 cms



2017 Soni Alcorn-Hender