“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
J. R. R. Tolkien

I recently just watched a very excellent movie called The Life of David Gale with Kevin Spacey. The movie revolves around a murder and questions about Capital Punishment. I do not want to ruin the movie but the movie inspired me to recall one of my favorite quotes from Tolkien (spoken through Gandalf the Grey) about taking a life as punishment for guilt. My mind recalled this quote by Tolkien when Kevin Spacey’s character said “…what do we really know about death? Just that nobody comes back.” Both quotes bring up the fact that causing death is an irredeemable act which no one can take back. Just thought it was some wonderful food for thought…