The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you. Book VII
Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. The Fellowship of the Ring
A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a single hope. Fragment
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