Two Towers Quotes

• 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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• The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspiring Love, Rewards, Lord Of The Ring

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.465, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The wise speak only of what they know

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Wise, Speak, Middle Earth

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.355, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Fall

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.414, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the harp on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the deadwood burning, Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Horse, Spring, Rain

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• Harry taught me that death isn't the end, it's the beginning.

  Jennifer Love Hewitt

  Graduation, Senior, College

  "Dexter: Popping Cherry". TV series, 2006.

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• I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Talking, Speak, Habit

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.485, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Tall ships and tall kings Three times three, What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones And one white tree. (The Two Towers)

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Kings, Stars, Sea

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.409, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out loud of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring' and they'll say 'Oh yes, that's one of my favorite stories.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Song, Book, Mean

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• I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Death, Wish, Fellowship

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

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• Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Art, Deeper, Devices

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.409, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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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• The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and they shall fear him. We will go where he leads.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, White, Fire

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.346, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hope, Optimistic, Fighting

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Night, Blood, Towers

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