quotations from The Lord of the Rings
A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.
ARAGORN
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
WARDEN
The Return of the King
Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.
GANDALF
The Fellowship of the Ring
Nobody tosses a dwarf.
GIMLI
The Fellowship of the Ring
Spoilin' nice fish. Give it to us raw and w-r-r-riggling; you keep nasty chips.
GOLLUM
The Two Towers
The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny.
FARAMIR
The Return of the King
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
GIMLI
The Fellowship of the Ring
The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it.
GALADRIEL
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
BILBO
The Fellowship of the Ring
Show them no mercy ... for you shall receive none!
ARAGORN
The Two Towers
End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path ... One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass ... And then you see it ... White shores ... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
GANDALF
The Return of the King
The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.
FARAMIR
The Two Towers
I'm wasted on cross-country! We Dwarves are natural sprinters, very dangerous over short distances.
GIMLI
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.
FARAMIR
The Two Towers
War will make corpses of us all.
FARAMIR
The Two Towers
Do not spoil the wonder with haste!
LEGOLAS
The Return of the King
You can search far and wide. You can drink the whole town dry. But you'll never find a beer so brown as the one we drink in our hometown. You can drink your fancy ales. You can drink them by the flagon. But the only brew for the brave and tru-u-u-ue comes from the Green Dragon!
MERRY & PIPPIN
The Return of the King
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
LEGOLAS
The Return of the King
Bring your pretty face to my axe.
GIMLI
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.
TREEBEARD
The Two Towers