The Fellowship of the Ring/Quotations

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"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." 
''The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) epigraph'' 
"Gandalf was shorter in stature than the other two; but his long white hair, his sweeping beard, and his broad shoulders, made him look like some wise king of ancient legend. In his aged face under great snowy brows his eyes were set like coals that could suddenly burst into fire." 
''The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) Many Meetings'' 
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." 
''The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) Three is Company'' 
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens" 
Gimli addressing Elrond 
''The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) The Ring goes south'' 
"Deserves it! I dare say he does. Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be so eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the wise cannot see all ends" 
''Gandalf talking to Frodo about Gollum'' 
''The Fellowship of the Ring, The Shadow of the Past'' 
"Radagast the Brown! Radagast the Bird-tamer! Radagast the Simple! Radagast the Fool! Yet he had just the wit to play the part I set him. For you have come, and that was the purpose of my message. And here you shall stay, Gandalf the Grey, and rest from your journeys. For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman the Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!" 
''Gandalf recounting Saruman The Fellowship of the Ring, Council of Elrond'' 
"'And he who breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom'" 
''Gandalf recounting speaking to Saruman The Fellowship of the Ring, Council of Elrond''

The Two Towers/Quotations

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"'One felt as if there was an enormous well behind them, filled up with ages of memory and long, slow, steady thinking; but their surface was sparkling with the present: like sun shimmering on the outer leaves of a vast tree, or the ripples of a very deep lake.'" 
''Pippin describing Fangorn's eyes, The Two Towers (1954), Treebeard'' 
"Hill. Yes, that was it. But it is a hasty word for a thing that has stood here ever since this part of the world was shaped." 
''Treebeard, The Two Towers, Treebeard'' 
"A strong place and wonderful was Isengard, and long it had been beautiful; and there great lords had dwelt, the wardens of Gondor upon the West, and wise men that watched the stars. But Saruman had slowly shaped it to his shifting purposes, and made it better, as he thought, being deceived - for all those arts and subtle devices for which he forsook his former wisdom, and which fondly he imagined were his own, came but from Mordor; so that what he made was naught, only a little copy, a child's model or a slave's flattery, of that vast fortress, armoury prison, furnace of great power, Barad-dûr, The Dark Tower, which suffered no rival, and laughed at flattery, biding it's time, secure in its pride and its immeasurable strength." 
The Two Towers, The Road to Isengard 
"'Not this way, master!' he pleaded. 'There is another way. O yes indeed there is. Another way, darker, more difficult to find, more secret. But Smeagol knows it. Let Smeagol show you!'" 
''Gollum The Two Towers, The Black Gate is Closed'' 
"Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could, riding is tiring work. Yet my axe is restless in my hand. Give me a row of orc-necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!" 
''Gimli The Two Towers, Helm's Deep'' 
"The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards." 
Faramir 
The Window on the West, The Two Towers

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