quotations from The Lord of the Rings
It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
ELROND
The Fellowship of the Ring
This new Gandalf is more grumpy than the old one.
GIMLI
The Two Towers
They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us, and drove us away. And we wept, Precious, we wept to be so alone. And we only wish to catch fish so juicy sweet. And we forgot the taste of bread ... the sound of trees ... the softness of the wind. We even forgot our own name. My Precious.
GOLLUM
The Return of the King
Don't ... tempt me Frodo! I dare not take it. Not even to keep it safe. Understand, Frodo. I would use this ring from a desire to do good ... But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine.
GANDALF
The Fellowship of the Ring
Your fingers would remember their old strength better ... if they grasped your sword.
GANDALF
The Two Towers
It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.
GANDALF
The Return of the King
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
FRODO
The Return of the King