Lord of the Rings - Quotes

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"Everywhere I lie there's a dirty great root sticking into my back."

"So much death. What can men do against such reckless hate?"

"Frodo, the Argonath! Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old. My kin."

"There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep… that have taken hold."

"I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf!"

"Courage is the best defense that you have now."

"Needless were none of the deeds of Gandalf in life. We do not yet know his whole purpose."

"Hunt them down! Do not stop until they are found. You do not know pain, you do not know fear. You will taste man-flesh!"

"A diversion."

"I have nothing greater to give, than the gift you already bear. Am meleth dîn. I ant e-guil Arwen Undómiel…pelitha."

"Leave it! It is over. The world of men will fall, and all will come to darkness… and my city to ruin."

"Release him, or I'll cut your throat!"

"The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth. Put aside the ranger. Become who you were born to be."

"Why do you lay these troubles on an already troubled mind?"

"Authority is not given to you to deny the return of the King!"

"Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!"

"Arise! Arise! Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword-day! A red day, ere the sun rises!"

"Side? I am on nobody's side. Because nobody is on my side, little orc."

"No! There is another way. More secret, and dark way."

"Alas, that these evil days should be mine. The young perish and the old linger."

"There will be no dawn for Men."

"The time of the elves is over. Do we leave Middle-Earth to this fate? Do we let them stand alone?"

"You do not command the others to stay! They fight beside you because they would not be parted from you. Because they love you."

"There is no curse in elvish, entish or the tongues of men for this treachery."

"The Ring is mine!"

"...a mug of ale in my hand, putting my feet up on a settle after a hard day's work."

"You young rascals! A merry chase you've led us on, and now we find you feasting and… and smoking!"

"The filth of Saruman is washing away. Trees will come back to live here. Young trees, wild trees."

"And when they go in, there's no coming out. She's always hungry. She always needs to feed."

"Don't you understand? The enemy thinks you have the Ring! He's going to be looking for you."

"With your left hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor. And, with your right, you seek to supplant me!"

"War will make corpses of us all."

"Have you learned nothing of the stubbornness of dwarves?"

"Let us ease their pain. Release the prisoners!"

"I've thought up an ending for my book...and he lived happily ever after, to the end of his days."

"I know there is not much point now in hoping. If I were a knight of Rohan capable of great deeds… but I'm not."

"Don't leave me here alone! Don't go where I can't follow."

"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take."

"Hands off that shiny shirt! That's mine!"

"And yet to have come so far, still bearing the Ring, the hobbit has shown extraordinary resilience to its evil"

"It is a strange fate we should suffer so much fear and doubt… over so small a thing. Such a little thing."

"Who would've thought one so small could endure so much pain? And he did, Gandalf. He did."

"My friends! You bow to no one."