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Rosa Underhill · 02-07-2002, 04:24 PM

Ah, what luck and what oddness. No one has said any of my favorite lines yet, and I am very much surprised by that.

"As far as he could remember, Sam slept through the night in deep content, if logs are contented." ~"In the House of Tom Bombadil", FotR

"'I am nearly twenty-nine, so I pass you there; though I am but four feet, and not likely to grow anymore, save sideways.'" ~Pippin, "Minas Tirith", RotK

(Aw, heck, just read the last four or so pages of "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol"; that's my favorite part of the whole book! But here's some highlights anyways.)

"'No, they never end as tales,' said Frodo. 'But the people in them come, and go when their parts ended...'" ~"The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", TTT

"'Why Sam,' he said, 'to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already written. But you've left out one of the cheif characters: Samwise the stouthearted. "I want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn't they put in more of his talk, dad? That's what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam, would he, dad?"'" ~"The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", TTT

"...Sam sat propped against the stone, his head dropping sideways and his breathing heavy. In his lap lay Frodo's head, drowned deep in sleep; upon his white forehead lay one of Sam's brown hands, and the other lay softly upon his master's breast. Peace was in both their faces." ~"The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", TTT

"For a fleeting moment, could one of the sleepers have seen him, they would have thought that they beheld an old weary hobbit, shrunken by the years that had carried him far beyond his time, beyond friends and kin, and the feilds and streams of youth, an old starved pitiable thing." ~about Gollum/Smeagol, "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", TTT

"'That's done it!' said Sam. "Now I've rung the front-door bell! Well, come on somebody!' he cried. 'Tell Captain Shagrat that the great Elf-warrior has called, with his elf-sword too!'" ~"The Tower of Cirith Ungol", RotK

"...Frodo groaned; but with a great effort of will he staggered up; and then he fell upon his knees again. He raised his eyes with difficulty to the dark slopes...towering above him, and then pitifully he began to crawl forward on his hands.

"Sam looked at him and wept in his heart, but no tears came to his dry and stinging eyes. 'I said I'd carry him, if it broke my back,' he muttered, 'and I will!'" ~"Mount Doom", RotK

"'So all my plan is spoilt!' said Frodo. 'It is no good trying to escape you. But I'm glad, Sam. I cannot tell you how glad...'" ~"The Breaking of the Fellowship", FotR

"'Of all the confounded nuisances you are the worst, Sam!'" ~Frodo, "The Breaking of the Fellowship", FotR

There, that should do it...for now. And Sam's song in the tower of Cirith Ungol made me want to cry; it just says so much about so many things... *sniffle*

02-07-2002, 04:24 PM	#19
Rosa Underhill Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waymeet, the Shire Posts: 297	Ah, what luck and what oddness. No one has said any of my favorite lines yet, and I am very much surprised by that. "As far as he could remember, Sam slept through the night in deep content, if logs are contented." ~"In the House of Tom Bombadil", FotR "'I am nearly twenty-nine, so I pass you there; though I am but four feet, and not likely to grow anymore, save sideways.'" ~Pippin, "Minas Tirith", RotK (Aw, heck, just read the last four or so pages of "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol"; that's my favorite part of the whole book! But here's some highlights anyways.) "'No, they never end as tales,' said Frodo. 'But the people in them come, and go when their parts ended...'" ~"The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", TTT "'Why Sam,' he said, 'to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already written. But you've left out one of the cheif characters: Samwise the stouthearted. "I want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn't they put in more of his talk, dad? That's what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn't have got far without Sam, would he, dad?"'" ~"The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", TTT "...Sam sat propped against the stone, his head dropping sideways and his breathing heavy. In his lap lay Frodo's head, drowned deep in sleep; upon his white forehead lay one of Sam's brown hands, and the other lay softly upon his master's breast. Peace was in both their faces." ~"The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", TTT "For a fleeting moment, could one of the sleepers have seen him, they would have thought that they beheld an old weary hobbit, shrunken by the years that had carried him far beyond his time, beyond friends and kin, and the feilds and streams of youth, an old starved pitiable thing." ~about Gollum/Smeagol, "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol", TTT "'That's done it!' said Sam. "Now I've rung the front-door bell! Well, come on somebody!' he cried. 'Tell Captain Shagrat that the great Elf-warrior has called, with his elf-sword too!'" ~"The Tower of Cirith Ungol", RotK "...Frodo groaned; but with a great effort of will he staggered up; and then he fell upon his knees again. He raised his eyes with difficulty to the dark slopes...towering above him, and then pitifully he began to crawl forward on his hands. "Sam looked at him and wept in his heart, but no tears came to his dry and stinging eyes. 'I said I'd carry him, if it broke my back,' he muttered, 'and I will!'" ~"Mount Doom", RotK "'So all my plan is spoilt!' said Frodo. 'It is no good trying to escape you. But I'm glad, Sam. I cannot tell you how glad...'" ~"The Breaking of the Fellowship", FotR "'Of all the confounded nuisances you are the worst, Sam!'" ~Frodo, "The Breaking of the Fellowship", FotR There, that should do it...for now. And Sam's song in the tower of Cirith Ungol made me want to cry; it just says so much about so many things... sniffle __________________ WWAHD? (What would a Hobbit do?)