‘What do you fear, lady?’ he asked.
‘A cage,’ she said. ‘To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.’
Not my genius. Prizes to whoever can tell me where this is from.
‘What do you fear, lady?’ he asked.
‘A cage,’ she said. ‘To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.’
Not my genius. Prizes to whoever can tell me where this is from.
2 Comments
March 14, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Aragorn and Eowyn in Lord of the Rings, specifically in “The Return of the King”. I totally get what she means!
March 16, 2009 at 11:10 pm
You are absolutely right.