[The Lord of the Rings] Middle-Earth: the Solar Age

Ilúvatar herself created Elves and Men. He gave the jinn the gift of immortality; he gave the human being the gift of death. Humans are jealous of the immortal youth of elves, but they often forget the treasures in their hands. ——It is death that frees human beings from the entanglement of fate, is not at the mercy of gods, and soothes the trauma of time. Although we have been on a pilgrimage towards death since birth, life still gives us courage, allows us to reproduce to this day, and enables us to create miracles. Neither life nor death can knock us down. Human beings are such small creatures, easily tempted and weak-willed, but human beings will eventually become the protagonists of the historical stage - this is neither a prophecy nor a destiny, it is just the most ordinary truth in the world.