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“As she stood before Aragorn she paused suddenly and looked upon him, and her eyes were shining. And he looked down upon her fair face and smiled; but as he took the cup, his hand met hers, and he knew that she trembled at the touch.” (The Two Towers Quotes)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“Every man has something too dear to trust to another.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“Faithful heart may have forward tongue.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they can only come to morning through the shadows.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“He stands not alone. You would die before your stroke fell.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“Help means ruin and saving means slaying.” (The Two Towers Quotes)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of armies, and you wonder how we came by a few well-earned comforts!”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“Some of my kin look just like trees now, and need something great to rouse them; and they speak only in whispers. But some of my trees are limb-lithe, and many can talk to me.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.” (The Two Towers Quotes)
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in here eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“Together we will take the road that leads into the West,
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And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.”
The Two Towers
“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“We meet again, at the turn of the tide. A great storm is coming, but the tide has turned.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers
