rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Cities and Settlements of Men

It is in men, we must place out hopes.

“Ride now! Ride! Ride to ruin and the world’s ending! Forth Eorlingas!”

Morgoth has ever feared and hated Men, even those that served him. (…) Therefore Eru willed that the hearts of Men should seek beyond the world and should find no rest therein; but they should have a virtue to shape their life, amid the powers and chances of the world, beyond the Music of the Ainur, which is as fate to all things else.

{ dedicated to James, Casey, the most badass race of Middle-Earth and fyeahtheraceofmen }

MIDDLE-EARTH MEME: [2/3 races] Men

"Men are the second race of beings created by Eru and bear the gift of mortality. Although they were born after other superior races, Men are destined to inherit and rule Middle-Earth. It is said that men are susceptible to darkness and are easily corrupted, but many persist in the belief that the fate of the world rests in the hands of Men."

lotr/hobbit meme: day 17 - favorite race: race of men

Now is the hour!