J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers Quotes
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.
Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.
Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.
Until the coming of another day of fear, they walked in silence with bowed heads.
If all the seven stones were laid out before me now, I should shut my eyes and put my hands in my pockets.
The day will bring hope for me, " said Aragorn. "Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if men defended it?""So the minstrels say, " said Éomer."Then let us defend it, and hope!
Smeagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?""Po-ta-toes!" said Sam.
Don't the great tales never end?""No, they never end as tales, " said Frodo. "But the people in them come, and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.
Yes, I am white now, ' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been.
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for this treachery.
Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.