Here are two more favorite quotes of mine:
"Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror." (Gimli to Legolas, leaving Lothlorien)
"Oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know." (Celeborn)
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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