LOTR Quotes

For the past couple of weeks I've been re-reading the Lord of the Rings. I have read it a time or two before, maybe 20 times actually! It's my favorite story and I never get tired of reading it or watching the movies. Anyway since I'm feeling lazy today I thought I'd make an easy post and share a few of my favorite quotes. Note I said few, there are lots more I can share later!

I've always wanted to call someone a foul dwimmerlaik. I'm just afraid they'll look at me blankly and laugh. Oh well, maybe I'll try it anyway someday. I actually have a pretty long list of people the term could be applied to!

The different color text doesn't mean anything - it's just that some are long and I wanted it to be easier to read. Hopefully the colors don't look odd on your computer!

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

Begone foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!'
A cold voice answered: 'Come not between the Nazgul and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shriveled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye.'
A sword rang as it was drawn. 'Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may.'
'Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!'
Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. 'But no living man am I! You look upon a woman! Eowyn I am, Eomund'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.'

"Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor, and to the Lord and Steward of the realm, to speak and to be silent, to do and to let be, to come and to go, in need or plenty, in peace or war, in living or dying, from this hour henceforth, until my lord release me, or death take me, or the world end."

"I will not forget it, nor fail to reward that which is given: fealty with love, valour with honour, oath-breaking with vengeance."

Not so hasty! You call yourselves hobbits? But you should not go telling just anybody. You'll be letting out your own right names if you're not careful.

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

'What do you fear, lady?' he asked.

'A cage,' she said. 'To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire. '

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,' said Gimli.
'Maybe,' said Elrond, 'but let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.'
'Yet sworn word may strengthen quaking heart,' said Gimli.
'Or break it,' said Elrond.

'I will take the Ring,' he said, 'though I do not know the way.'

LOTR

I was watching The Two Towers the other night. For those of you shaking your head in confusion, that is the 2nd movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you are still confused, don't talk to me. Anyway I was thinking - everyone should watch this! Ideally you would all read the books but if you don't, at least watch the movies. Here, to tempt you, is a short video with some scenes from the movies.

LOTR

Today in History

1954

The first part of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien was published in the UK. The Fellowship of the Ring begins the story of Frodo Baggins and his journey to Mordor to dispose of the One Ring. You WILL like this book! Although I'm sure you've all read it at least once?

If I had to compile a list of my favorite books it would be pretty long. But if I could only choose one book it would have to be LOTR. Even though it was published in 3 volumes it is still one story so the whole thing counts as one book. I just wanted to clarify that for everyone. I've read it, I don't know, maybe 12, 15 times? I'm not really sure. I had a plan a few years ago to reread it every December (that is when the movies came out) and I did for a couple of years. Unfortunately the last couple of years I haven't read it. I'm thinking that to make up for that I'll read it now & then again in December. Pretty clever aren't I?

If you haven't read it, I'd suggest getting a copy TODAY. I have numerous copies and am happy to lend you one if necessary (I was in a bookstore once and saw a copy of The Return of the King (wow - this copy has Vigo on the cover - I need this!) sitting by itself on a shelf. I bought it because I thought it looked lonely). Anyway it is best to buy your own copy as you'll want to re-read it often and I keep scrupulous track of how long people have my books!

Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

Robin, the lonely blog mistress

In a hole in the ground. . .

I'm sure that this is old news to all of you but thought I'd give you a few updates. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is going to be made into a movie. Like The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy, which I'm sure you've all watched repeatedly, The Hobbit will be directed by Peter Jackson. There will be two Hobbit movies. The first will cover the story as told in The Hobbit. The second will cover the 60 years between the end of The Hobbit and the beginning of LOTR. I had previously heard that there would be two movies & thought (along w/other people) that they were splitting The Hobbit into two parts which seemed pointless. I'm not sure how I feel about the idea of the second movie. Offhand, it seems kind of pointless as LOTR has already been released.

Anyway I found the second movie info on, you guessed it, The Hobbit Blog! The first movie is scheduled for release in 2010 so you'll have to be a little patient. In the meantime you can check out onering.net. It is full of Hobbit & LOTR information. You can also re-read all the books (notice that I'm assuming you've all read them).

Robin