Two Towers Quotes

• A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Night, Blood, Towers

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• There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, Towers, May

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.430, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Wrath, Together, Dawn

  "Fictional character: Theoden". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• 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

  War, Arrows, Towers

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.656, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There is no curse in Elvish, Entish or the tongues of Men for this treachery!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Men, Tongue, Curse

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• We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Wicked, Needs, Want

  "Fictional character: Gollum". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", 2002.

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• 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

  Long, Say Anything, Towers

  "Fictional character: Treebeard". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", www.imdb.com. December 5, 2002.

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• I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.'

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dad, Boys, People

  "Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", www.imdb.com. December 5, 2002.

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• Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something.... That there's some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Fighting, Towers, Stories

  "Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", 2002.

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• So fair, so cold; like a morning of pale spring still clinging to winter's chill.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Morning, Spring, Winter

  "Fictional character: Gríma Wormtongue". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", 2002.

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• 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

  Darkness, Shadow, World

  "Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Towers, Want, Sometimes

  "Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• My name is growing all the time, and I’ve lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Real, Names, Long

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.323, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all.

  Faramir

  War, Towers, Swiftness

  "Fictional character: Faramir". 'The Two Towers' ('The Lord of the Rings'), Book by J. R. R. Tolkien, 1954.

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• Gandalf: Three hundred lives of men I have walked this earth and now I have no time.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Men, Age, Three

  "Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  New Day, Shining, Towers

  "Fictional character: Sam". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Eomer said, 'How is a man to judge what to do in such times?' As he has ever judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and evil have not changed since yesteryear, nor are they one thing among Elves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Men, Evil, Judging

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• Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?' A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Men, Light, Earth

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.424, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To whatever end. Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains. Like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the west. Behind the hills, into shadow. How did it come to this?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Horse, Rain, Wind

  "Fictional character: Théoden". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", 2002.

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• Fair speech may hide a foul heart.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Philosophy, Heart, May

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.461, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hope, Optimistic, Fighting

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• Often does hatred hurt itself.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hurt, Hatred, Doe

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.571, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Openness isn't the end. It's the beginning.

  Margaret Heffernan

  Graduation, Senior, College

  "Dare to disagree". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2012.

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• The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And if he was really evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home. If he would not rather have stayed there in peace. War will make corpses of us all.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Lying, War, Home

  "Fictional character: Faramir". "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", 2002.

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