As a huge Lord of the Rings geek, I shall commence to write down one of my favourite quotes. This may or may not be from the book, I do not, unfortunately, remember, but it's at a pivotal point in The Two Towers, the middle installment in Tolkien's famous three-part saga.
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. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now 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 still some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
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. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now 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 still some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
- Samwise Gamgee
And so I just wanted to share that.
Allons-y!
Amber
Wow Amber. That's deep. Is that from the movie?
ReplyDeleteYes, Lord of the Rings is one of the deepest literary things that I've ever read. Possibly the most. And I don't remember if it's from the book, but it is in the movie. I should check that because I want to know if my favourite quote of all time is actually in its book. XD
ReplyDeleteAnd I just checked! Fortunately, it is! I love it when movies stick to books... And LOTR does a good job of that.
ReplyDeleteSo does Harry Potter. In the first book/movie anyways. I L-O-V-E it when movies stick to books. It's like everything I imagined from the book is coming alive through the movie.
ReplyDeleteI KNOW. It's just... just... Lovely. Holes, The Book Thief, and Ender's Game also do that. I also love it when they take an ACTUAL QUOTE FROM THE BOOK AND PUT IT IN THE MOVIE IT'S BRILLIANT that's kinda why I like Shakespeare so much because they HAVE to put everything in the book into the movie. - evil laugh -
ReplyDeleteThat's the only reason you like Shakespeare? Because the movies are accurate? I've heard a lot of reasons to like Shakespeare, but that takes the cake.
ReplyDelete- laughs - No, I like it for that, but it's mostly for the character development and the wording. I love the wording.
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