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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
May 7 2014, 9:43pm
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I just imagine them delivered in his Oxford accent with a deadpan tone of voice....
Call me Rem, and remember, not all who ramble are lost...Uh...where was I?
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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
May 7 2014, 9:44pm
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I've been looking for this quote!
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Thank-you for bringing it up! Here I thought it was in OFS or Letters, but there it is, right in the middle of The Hobbit! Many thanks!!!
Call me Rem, and remember, not all who ramble are lost...Uh...where was I?
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Na Vedui
Rohan
May 7 2014, 10:47pm
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"Do not be hasty" - because it's good to be reminded that speed isn't necessarily a virtue in all circumstances, when life is trying to make you hurry hurry hurry.
"Turning back...they saw Goldberry, now small and slender like a sunlit flower against the sky" - just one of so many images of beauty to choose from.
"Confusticate and bebother..." Very useful.
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Meneldor
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May 7 2014, 11:44pm
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They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
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SaulComposer
Rohan
May 8 2014, 1:25am
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I have several but this first come to mind…
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"Then Faramir stood up and spoke in a clear voice: ‘Men of Gondor hear now the Steward of this Realm! Behold! one has come to claim the kingship again at last. Here is Aragorn son of Arathorn, chieftain of the Dúnedain of Arnor, Captain of the Host of the West, bearer of the Star of the North, wielder of the Sword Reforged, victorious in battle, whose hands bring healing, the Elfstone, Elessar of the line of Valandil, Isildur’s son, Elendil’s son of Númenor. Shall he be king and enter into the City and dwell there?’
And all the host and all the people cried yea with one voice. "
I'm no preacher or a politician…
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Mikah
Lorien
May 8 2014, 3:14am
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All of these are great, but another of my favorites come from "The Silmarillion." "Death you can give me earned or unearned; but the names I will not take from you of baseborn, or spy, nor thrall. By the ring of Felagund, that he gave to Barahir my father, on the battlefield of the North, my house has not earned such names from any Elf,be he king or no." Gotta love Beren...Holla!
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Elizabeth
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May 8 2014, 4:39am
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There was an interesting critique of Movie-Sam's speech
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delivered by Reverend, one of my all-time favorite TORnsibs (who died in 2003), in a Q/A discussion of TTT:
3. So, what do you see as the difference between the messages of movie Sam and book Sam as seen in their speeches? Movie Sam has been criticized by some, praised by others, for his Hollywood-ish statement of his moral convictions and his determination to struggle on for a cause. Does the book Sam have that same faith in holding onto something and fighting for good, or is that degree of high idealism foreign to a practical hobbit like him (at least expressed in such an abstract way)?
a. Here I must sharply criticize the movie (which I generally endorse) for Just Not Getting It. Frodo and Sam carry on because carrying on is itself the right thing to do, NOT because there was some good worth fighting for. Frodo isn't holding on to anything; his despair has NOT lifted, and he is sure that there will be nothing good to come home to. But he has been given a duty, and will keep faith with those who entrusted it to him, even should they and he perish. Again, I think it a philosophy particularly relevant to the Trenches of the Somme, and not a bad one for life in general.
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CuriousG
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May 8 2014, 12:30pm
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Faramir really lays out an undeniable list of credentials with that one, doesn't he? //
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CuriousG
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May 8 2014, 12:31pm
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It's what I spend most of The Sil wanting to say to Thingol myself! //
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CuriousG
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May 8 2014, 12:33pm
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Ataahua, that Cerin Amroth quote was actually my 2nd runner up this month. Love it!
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And I love the cat-Shelob joke too. Never get tired of it, really.
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Toros
The Shire
May 8 2014, 1:20pm
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Quite a long one, but also long has it been one of my favourites
"And far away, as Frodo put on the Ring and claimed it for his own, even in Sammauth Naur the very heart of his realm, the Power of Barad-Dur was shaken, and the Tower trembled from its foundations to its proud and bitter crown. The Dark Lord was suddenly aware of him, and his eye piercing all shadows looked across the plain to the door that he had made; and the magnitude of his own folly was revealed to him in a blinding flash, and all the devices of his enemies were at last laid bare. Then his wrath blazed in consuming flame, but his fear rose like a vast black smoke to choke him"
Everything about this section is so meticulously crafted.. It's the only example I can think of off the top of my head where Sauron is given narrational agency (which I totally just made up) in the Lord of the Rings, as opposed to just being talked about by the other characters. It happens just as Frodo puts on the ring; just as in the story, everything else Sauron is doing gets put on hold, it's like his defences that stopped us having any insight into his mind or feelings also gets abandoned in his mad rush to locate the Ring. It's also a great juxtaposition to the almighty strength of Mordor we have been hearing about throughout the entire trilogy so far. Even defeat at Pelennor didn't seem to phase Sauron much, but here he is "shaken". Obviously its foundations were built using the power of the RIng so it seems apt that Tolkien singles them out as being shaken at the revelation of the Ring being so close. The talk about the eye piercing shadows, to me, also further impresses on us how pure the hobbits are. The Eye pierces all shadows, but the very nature of hobbits means they walk in the sun, so of course they haven't been spotted yet. It is only now that the shadow has taken hold of Frodo that they are discovered. I love the wording of the bit about the "magnitude of his own folly" and especially the "devices of his enemies were at last laid bare", it's just great prose. I'm really caught in the moment and feel like I can really understand the simultaneous confusion, anger and fear in Sauron.
Of course you could probably submit any passage of Tolkien to the same type of analysis and find it to be fantastic, because it probably is.
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CuriousG
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May 8 2014, 2:45pm
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And thanks for a great quote and commentary. Yes, indeedy, that's a moving passage that gives my spine a little chill. Good point that it's a rare glimpse of Sauron from his own perspective, something we've been waiting to see throughout the trilogy. It really does make us understand how he feels, which is satisfying right before his fall.
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Ataahua
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May 9 2014, 12:12am
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Tolkien really did craft his words, didn't he?
BTW I think your comment on why we finally get a look at Sauron himself, rather than hearing about him second-hand, is really insightful. :)
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Ataahua
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May 9 2014, 12:18am
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that when I updated my Will last year, I included this text for it to be read at my funeral. I think it's a beautiful section about timelessness and how we never really leave the places we have lived in or loved.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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SaulComposer
Rohan
May 9 2014, 1:16am
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He Certainly did
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MirielCelebel
Rivendell
May 13 2014, 3:10pm
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But one of my favorites is:
All that is gold does not glitter,
not all those who wander are lost.
I just love the hope that this poem inspires.
"The Road goes ever on..."
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ltnjmy
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May 13 2014, 7:04pm
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Everything written by the Professor - -
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regarding the combat between Finrod Felagund and Sauron. For some reason, I always get weepy reading it...
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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
May 13 2014, 7:17pm
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Found this recently, in the CoH
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' And when Thingol bade {Nellas} speak, she said: 'Lord, I was sitting in a tree'; but then she faltered in awe of the King, and could say no more.
At that the King smiled, and said: 'Others have done this also, but have felt no need to tell me of it.'
Is this Thingol having a tra-la-la-la-lally moment? He made a funny!
Call me Rem, and remember, not all who ramble are lost...Uh...where was I?
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CuriousG
Half-elven
May 13 2014, 8:48pm
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Who knew the guy could make a joke? //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 14 2014, 2:30pm
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There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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leleni at hotmail dot com
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Ihearthee
The Shire
May 17 2014, 3:15am
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One of my favorites is from the chapter Of Aulë and Yavanna in the Silmarillion, I love it so much.
'I did not desire such lordship. I desired things other than I am, to love and to teach them, so that they too might perceive the beauty of Eä, which thou hast caused to be. For it seemed to me that there is great room in Arda for many things that might rejoice in it, yet it is for the most part empty still, and dumb. And in my impatience I have fallen into folly. Yet the making of things is in my heart from my own making by thee; and the child of little understanding that makes a play of the deeds of his father may do so without thought of mockery, but because he is the son of his father. But what shall I do now, so that thou be not angry with me forever? As a child to his father, I offer to thee these things, the work of the hands which thou hast made. Do with them what thou wilt. But should I not rather destroy the work of my presumption?'
I tear up every time
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Brethil
Half-elven
May 18 2014, 1:52am
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Its written in the removed and more archaic tone, but the feeling still comes through.
The next TORn Amateur Symposium is a special edition: the Jubilee TAS to celebrate 60 years of FOTR! If you have an LOTR idea you would like to write about, we'd love to see your writing featured there!
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