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Evisse the Blue 02-14-2004 02:15 PM

Thanks, Sleepy! Here's an easy one, but the best I could come up with for now:
Quote:

You shall possess not one nor the other. Still, it isn't of my making. I only predict.

luthien-elvenprincess 03-09-2004 07:05 AM

Could you give a big hint...maybe from what book this comes?

Evisse the Blue 03-11-2004 02:50 AM

Sure thing! It's from ROTK.

Guinevere 03-24-2004 06:22 AM

I just discovered this challenging game. May I join in?

This must be Saruman telling Frodo:

"But do not expect me to wish you health and long life. You will have neither. But that is not my doing. I merely foretell."

Evisse the Blue 03-24-2004 06:56 AM

welcome :)
 
Correct as always, Guinevere!

Guinevere 03-24-2004 02:07 PM

Thank you, Evisse! :)
Quote:

A lot are the curious possibilities of the earth, and aid frequently shall approach from the part of the feeble when the learned stumble.
Is this still recognizable?

Firefoot 03-24-2004 02:53 PM

Quote:

"Many are the strange chances of the world," said Mithrandir, "and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the wise falter."
It was Gandalf at the White Council.

Guinevere 03-25-2004 03:56 AM

Correct, Firefoot !
 
I guess that quote was a bit too well known... ;) Now it's your turn to wrack your brain...

Firefoot 03-25-2004 06:32 AM

thanks!
 
Quote:

Yet I told still my terror to nobody, realizing the danger of an ill-timed softly spoken word, if it proceeded amiss.
These are hard to write! Thank you, Thesaurus!

Guinevere 03-26-2004 02:24 PM

That must be Gandalf at the Council of Elrond:

"But I spoke yet of my dread to none, knowing the peril of an untimely whisper if it went astray."

Firefoot 03-26-2004 02:43 PM

Yes, that's it.

Guinevere 03-28-2004 09:43 AM

:) Thank you. But now, for a new one... :rolleyes:

Quote:

"They're not able to be victorious always!"

Oddwen 03-28-2004 06:55 PM

Mind if I join?


That would be "They cannot conquer for ever!" by Frodo to Sam at the Crossroads.

Guinevere 03-29-2004 12:40 PM

Yes, exactly!
 
Your turn, Oddwen! :)

Oddwen 03-29-2004 08:07 PM

Thank you, Guenevere. Let's try:

Quote:

Substance virtually flubbed, you divulge. I reveal, substance has flubbed.

Firefoot 03-30-2004 06:18 AM

That would be "Something nearly slipped, you say. I say, something has slipped." Gorbag to Shagrat.

Oddwen 03-30-2004 07:31 PM

Absolutely! :D Your go.

Firefoot 03-31-2004 06:26 AM

Thanks, Oddwen!
Quote:

No one will be able to dwell presently like those people have dwelt, and scarcely any will maintain the things those people name theirs.

Guinevere 04-08-2004 03:41 AM

Finally found it: it's Aragorn speaking to Eomer (as a message to Theoden)

" None may live now as they have lived, and few shall keep what they call their own."

Firefoot 04-08-2004 04:37 PM

Yep.

Guinevere 04-09-2004 03:02 AM

Thank you, Firefoot .
Quote:

Act like you wish in your craziness, but allow me before to dismount from this steed!"

Mariska Greenleaf 04-09-2004 05:10 AM

Quote:

Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse!
Said Gimli to Legolas.

Evisse the Blue 04-09-2004 05:11 AM

"Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse!" A desperate Gimli to Legolas the tree-lover.

EDIT: Mariska, you beat me by a minute! :mad: :D

Mariska Greenleaf 04-09-2004 05:34 AM

Quote:

EDIT: Mariska, you beat me by a minute!
:p :D

Guinevere 04-09-2004 07:40 AM

Correct, of course! :) Somehow, these are harder to compose than to find out.. ;)

Mariska Greenleaf 04-09-2004 08:23 AM

Quote:

Somehow, these are harder to compose than to find out..
Quite true, Guinevere.

Quote:

I fear the aged Wood more than no matter what I ever learned : the tales concerning it are a bad dream.
Phew, not easy at all!

Evisse the Blue 04-09-2004 02:43 PM

sounds familiar...
 
"I am more afrad of the Old Forest than of anything I know about: the stories about it are a nightmare"
Fatty Bolger, A conspiracy unmasked

Mariska Greenleaf 04-13-2004 01:11 AM

Yep, that's it! :)

Evisse the Blue 05-22-2004 12:51 AM

I was just about to revive this thread when, I realized - surprise, it was my turn!

"You are fortunate to exist in this location, as well, following the entire nonsensical stuff you have commited since you took leave of your native abode.'

Guinevere 05-22-2004 09:15 AM

Ah, this is Gandalf to Frodo when he awakes in Rivendell:
"And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home."

Evisse the Blue 05-23-2004 12:52 PM

Yes, exactly!

Guinevere 05-26-2004 02:22 PM

thank you, Evisse!
Quote:

"The affection of the Quendi for their country as well as their creations is more profound than the bottom of the ocean and their sorrow is immortal and is at no time entirely to be soothed."

Mariska Greenleaf 07-06-2004 02:38 AM

Quote:

The love of the elves for their land and their works is deeper than the deeps of the Sea, and their regret is undying and cannot wholly be assuaged.
That was Galadriel talking to Frodo.

Guinevere 07-06-2004 08:18 AM

Yes, exactly, Mariska ! :)
(I already feared that nobody was ever looking at this thread... :( )

Mariska Greenleaf 07-06-2004 08:29 AM

Quote:

"It is harder to discover men in the forests and plains, replied the hobbit, and if thou are meant to exist on the path, there might be a possibility that thou will be searched for on the path and not away from it."
Once again, this proves to be rather hard to make up...

Firefoot 07-06-2004 11:22 AM

Quote:

"It is less easy to find people in the woods and fields," answered Frodo. "And if you are supposed to be on the road, there is some chance that you will be looked for on the road and not off it."
Frodo to Pippin and Sam.

Mariska Greenleaf 07-07-2004 02:02 AM

Exactly, good job!

Firefoot 07-07-2004 12:19 PM

Quote:

"The murmur of the land is faint and muddled," said the man. "No one strides on it any where near us. Soft and distant are the steps our foes make."
Go for it.

Firefoot 10-06-2004 05:27 PM

Anyone? Need a hint?

Guinevere 10-07-2004 08:54 AM

"The rumour of the earth is dim and confused," he said. "Nothing walks upon it for many miles about us. Faint and far are the feet of our enemies."

Aragorn to Legolas and Gimli, after pressing his ear to the earth and listening. (In "The riders of Rohan")

I guessed long ago where this quote was (without actually looking it up) but I was too lazy to compose a new one! ;)


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