Elven (Quenya):
Elen síla lumenn' omentielvo
(ELL-ehn SEE-lah LOO-men oh-men-tee-el-voh [the tee-el is slurred together])
"A star shines on the hour of our meeting"
Elven (Sindarin):
I Anor hílol
(Ee Ah-nore hee-lole)
"The sun is shining"
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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