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Ardamírë
Valinor
Jul 22 2014, 7:43pm
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Favorite Tolkien quotes...again.
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I thought it was a good time for another of these threads. Post your favorite Tolkien quotes below!
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Darkstone
Immortal
Jul 22 2014, 7:55pm
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“But I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge." /
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****************************************** "We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true." -Robert Wilensky
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Ardamírë
Valinor
Jul 22 2014, 8:12pm
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During Frodo and Sam's trek through Mordor:
Far above the Ephel Duath in the West the night-sky was still dim and pale. 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 look 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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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jul 22 2014, 9:27pm
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Suddenly the king cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away.
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Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them.
Cuio i Pheriain anann! Aglar'ni Pheriannath!
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CuriousG
Half-elven
Jul 22 2014, 9:34pm
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"There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit, waiting for some final and desperate danger to make it grow. Frodo was neither very fat nor very timid..."
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IdrilLalaith
Rivendell
Jul 23 2014, 4:28am
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Not necessarily my absolute favorite
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I've always loved, "I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."
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Ithilisa
Rivendell
Jul 23 2014, 4:47am
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But when the dawn came, cold and pale, Aragorn arose at once
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and he led the Company forth upon the journey of the greatest haste and weariness that any among them had known, save he alone, and only his will held them to go on. No other mortal Men could have enured it, none but the Dunedain of the North, and with them Gimli the Dwarf and Legolas of the Elves." (The Passing of the Grey Company, ROTK) One great example of why I think Tolkien is the greatest writer. and "...and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." (The Shadow of the Past, FOTR) I love these two quotes, and the chapters in which they reside.
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EomundDaughter
Lorien
Jul 24 2014, 6:34pm
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But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.”
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noWizardme
Half-elven
Jul 24 2014, 8:13pm
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Steel serves only those that can wield it…
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…it will cut your hand as easily as aught else. (Children of Hurin) It's what I tell my daughter- who is very handy with tools, but inclined to get a bit overconfident.
~~~~~~ "… ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.” Arthur Martine "nowimë I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' " Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
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CuriousG
Half-elven
Jul 24 2014, 9:49pm
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If she veers toward overconfidence
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you might also warn her to never laugh at live dragons. Just in case.
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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
Jul 26 2014, 3:38pm
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"We have barred the gates, but can not hold them for long."
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"We cannot get out. They have taken the Bridge and the Second Hall. Frar and Loni and Nali fell there. The pool is up to the wall at the Westgate. The Watcher in the water took Oin. We cannot get out. The end comes. Drums, drums in the deep. They are coming." Chills and a sense of Doom...every time.
Call me Rem, and remember, not all who ramble are lost...Uh...where was I?
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CuriousG
Half-elven
Jul 27 2014, 12:48am
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leaves me wanting to know more. And not a patchy series of notes in HOME or some other volume, but a full-fledged story, because the hints of one are so tantalizing, and their fate is haunting. Though on a lighter yet still macabre note, I'm tempted to have that inscribed on my tombstone to scare future generations in cemeteries: "I cannot get out."
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noWizardme
Half-elven
Jul 29 2014, 11:38am
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Though on a lighter yet still macabre note, I'm tempted to have that inscribed on my tombstone to scare future generations in cemeteries: "I cannot get out." For the full effect, you could get an accomplice to scrawl "they are coming...!" a few days later...
~~~~~~ "… ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.” Arthur Martine "nowimë I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' " Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
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noWizardme
Half-elven
Jul 29 2014, 11:40am
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"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish."
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...is also most useful for a parent (regarding things such as homework, room-tidying etc.)
~~~~~~ "… ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.” Arthur Martine "nowimë I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' " Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
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noWizardme
Half-elven
Aug 1 2014, 6:05pm
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And of course "There's nothing like looking, if you want to find something."
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I wonder whether the Tolkien children heard that a few times?
~~~~~~ "nowimë I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' " Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!" This year LOTR turns 60. The following image is my LOTR 60th anniversary party footer! You can get yours here: http://newboards.theonering.net/...i?post=762154#762154
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Ithilisa
Rivendell
Aug 2 2014, 4:24am
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That would be one of the best tombstones ever.
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Though on a lighter yet still macabre note, I'm tempted to have that inscribed on my tombstone to scare future generations in cemeteries: "I cannot get out." CuriousG, that's awesome.
"I name you Elf-friend; and may the stars shine upon the end of your road!" - Gildor
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Rembrethil
Tol Eressea
Aug 3 2014, 7:21pm
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He simply needs to add a clause to his will, naming me his official tombstone-scrawler/de-facer. Just to be clear though, CuriousG, I need it spelt out clearly in ink, so as to avoid exchanging un-pleasantries with the Local Authorities. What should I use? Graffiti paint or goat's blood? By the way.... is it too terribly morbid to have a small part of me wish that someone would die, just so that I can do this? My! We are quite the macabre bunch!!
Call me Rem, and remember, not all who ramble are lost...Uh...where was I?
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