What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage, " [̉ۡowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.

J.r.r. Tolkien
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The beauty of this quote is that it is easily understood by everyone. The act of aging is something which affects all, leaving us all behind bars behind the doors of our houses. We all fear this fate, but what makes us different is our desire to live for more than just ourselves. There are those who all their lives long never thought beyond their own desires, but our heros Aragorn and Éowyn were not like that.

They knew they could do more than just live out their lives in the safety of another cage. They knew that even though they were locked away, there was still a chance that they could free themselves and use the rest of their life to make the world a better place.

Source: The Return Of The King

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