Imassuredofthis - "I'm Assured Of This..."

You really gotta let some of this shit go.

But we're gonna go home, and they're gonna say, wave their little flag and say, "Welcome home. Thanks for, thanks for preserving our right to go on not giving a fuck.""

Generation Kill, ep. 7, "Bomb in the Garden", End Credits.

It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.

Gandalf the White

When people turn to fictional characters, it’s often because they want an escape. The stories of these people shelter us from the storm of our daily lives; they save us, if only for a little while. But when we really give in, become invested, let ourselves be vulnerable, something changes. We begin to feel that we know them. It’s no longer just an escape, but part of us, something that makes us who we are.

These characters teach us that incredible adversity can be overcome. That people can love each other forever. That life can be an adventure. That magic can be real. And even if these miracles have never happened to us, we begin to go through life believing that, someday, they could.