quotations from The Lord of the Rings
I do not doubt his heart, only the reach of his arm.
EOMER
The Return of the King
It's the Dwarves that go swimming with little, hairy woman.
GIMLI
The Return of the King
I always like going South; somehow, it feels like going downhill.
TREEBEARD
The Two Towers
I'm old, Gandalf. I know I don't look it, but I'm beginning to feel it in my heart. I feel ... thin. Sort of stretched, like ... butter scraped over too much bread. I need a holiday. A very long holiday. And I don't expect I shall return.
BILBO
The Fellowship of the Ring
Generous deeds should not be checked by cold council.
FARAMIR
The Return of the King
The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true.
GALADRIEL
The Fellowship of the Ring
You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udun! Go back to the shadow. You shall not pass!
GANDALF
The Fellowship of the Ring
All our hopes now lie with two little hobbits, somewhere in the wilderness.
GANDALF
The Two Towers
Sworn word may strengthen quaking heart.
GIMLI
The Fellowship of the Ring
I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.
PIPPIN
The Return of the King
Men are weak. The Blood of Numenor is all but spent, its pride and dignity forgotten. It is because of Men the Ring survives.
ELROND
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us, and drove us away. And we wept, Precious, we wept to be so alone. And we only wish to catch fish so juicy sweet. And we forgot the taste of bread ... the sound of trees ... the softness of the wind. We even forgot our own name. My Precious.
GOLLUM
The Return of the King
Are all these children yours? Gracious, you have been productive.
BILBO
The Fellowship of the Ring
From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.
ARWEN
The Return of the King
Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of... mission... quest... thing.
PIPPIN
The Fellowship of the Ring
Those without swords can still die upon them.
EOWYN
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Three hundred lives of men I have walked this earth and now I have no time.
GANDALF
The Two Towers
It came to me, my own, my love... my... preciousssss.
GOLLUM
The Fellowship of the Ring
You cannot think that this Ranger will ever sit upon the throne of Gondor. This exile, crept from the shadows, will never be crowned king. Gandalf does not hesitate to sacrifice those closest to him, those he professes to love. Tell me ... what words of comfort did you give the halfling before you sent him to his doom?
SARUMAN
The Return of the King
I miss the Shire. I spent all my life pretending I was off somewhere else. Off with you, on one of your adventures. But my own adventure turned out to be quite different. I'm not like you, Bilbo.
FRODO
The Fellowship of the Ring