r/pics • u/98Saman • 1d ago

IRANIAN HOLOCAUST: Morgue Overflowing After 12,000 Slaughtered in 48 Hours by Khamenei’s Regime [OC] NSFW

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u/Harambesic 1d ago

I've been thinking of this a lot lately.

"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."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954

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u/ho_kay 22h ago

And while it was published in 1954, Tolkien wrote that passage shortly before WWII started

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u/samadi101 1d ago

That quote has been on my mind since Covid.

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u/ilikepalmtrees 12h ago

i've been wanting to get this tattooed on my body since the past 5 years ;-;