Talking About Tolkien

Galadriel	The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air.
Treebeard	For the world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air. I do not think we shall meet again.

Frodo	Whatever you did, you've been officially labeled a disturber of the peace.
Gandalf	They say I am a nuisance and a disturber of the peace.

Bilbo	I want to see mountains again, mountains, Gandalf. And then find somewhere quiet where I can finish my book.
	I want to see mountains again, Gandalf, mountains, and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives prying around, and a string of confounded visitors hanging on the bell. I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: and he lived happily ever after to the end of his days.

Bilbo	I'm old, Gandalf. I know I don't look it, but I'm beginning to feel it in my heart. I feel thin. Sort of stretched, like butter, scraped over too much bread. I need a holiday. A very long holiday. And I don't expect I shall return. In fact, I mean not to.

Bilbo	Today is my one hundred and eleventh birthday! Eleventy one years is too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable Hobbits. I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

Bilbo	You will keep an eye on Frodo, won't you?

Gandalf	Two eyes, as often as I can spare them.

Bilbo	I am leaving everything to him.

Bilbo	Yes, yes. It's in an envelope over there, on the mantlepiece. No, wait, it's here in my pocket. Why, isn't that odd now? Yet after all that, why not. Why shouldn't I keep it?
	In an envelope, if you must know. There on the mantelpiece. Well, no! Here it is in my pocket! Isn't that odd now? Yet after all, why not? Why shouldn't it stay there?

Gandalf	I think you should leave the ring behind, Bilbo. Is that so hard?
	You should leave it behind. Don't you want to?

Bilbo	Well no - and yes. Now it comes to it, I don't feel like parting with it. It's mine! I found it! It came to me!
	Well yes - and no. Now it comes to it, I don't like parting with it at all.

Gandalf	There's no need to get angry.

Bilbo	Well if I am angry, it's your fault! It's mine. My own. My precious.
	If I am, it is your fault. It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.

Gandalf	It has been called that before, but not by you.

Bilbo	What business is it of yours what I do with my own things?!
	What business is it of yours, anyway, to know what I do with my own things? It is my own. I found it. It came to me.

Gandalf	I think you have had it quite long enough.

Bilbo	You want if for yourself!
	If you want my ring yourself, say so!

Gandalf	Hold out your hand, Frodo. It's quite cool.
	It's quite cool. Take it!

Frodo	It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
	I cannot read the fiery letters.

Gandalf	There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.
	No, but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.

Gandalf	In the common tongue, it says:
	But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough:

Gandalf	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.
	With that power I should have power too great and terrible... Do not tempt me! I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe, unused. The wish to wield it would be too great, for my strength.

Gandalf	Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee! Have you been eavesdropping?
	How long have you been eavesdropping?

Sam	I haven't been dropping no eaves, sir. Honest. I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you follow me.
	Eavesdropping, sir? I don't follow you, begging your pardon. There ain't no eaves at Bag End, and that's a fact.

Sam	That is I heard a good deal about a ring, Dark Lord, and something about the end of the world, but, please Mr. Gandalf, sir, please don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything unnatural.
	Don't let him turn me into anything unnatural! I heard a deal that I didn't rightly understand, about an enemy, and rings, and Mr. Bilbo, sir, and dragons, and a fiery mountain, and - and Elves.

Gatekeeper	Hobbits! Four Hobbits!

Gatekeeper	What business brings you to Bree?
	You'll pardon my wondering what business takes you away east of Bree! What may your names be, might I ask?

Frodo	We wish to stay at the inn. Our business is our own.
	Our names and our business are our own.

Gatekeeper	Alright, young sir, I meant no offence. It's my job to ask questions after nightfall. There's talk of strange folk abroad. Can't be too careful.
	Your business is your own, no doubt, but it's my business to ask questions after nightfall.

Merry	We are hobbits from Buckland, and we have a fancy to travel and to stay at the inn here.

Gatekeeper	All right, all right! I meant no offence. But you'll find maybe that more folk than old Harry at the gate will be asking you questions. There's queer folk about.

Butterbur	Good evening, little master!

Butterbur	He's one of the Rangers. Dangerous folk they are, wandering in the wilds. What his right name is I've never heard: but around here he's known as Strider.
	He is one of the wandering folk - Rangers we call them. What his right name is I've never heard: but he's known round here as Strider.

Frodo	Where am I?
	Where am I, and what is the time?

Gandalf	You are in the house of Elrond, and it is ten o'clock in the morning, on October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know.
	In the House of Elrond, and it is ten o'clock in the morning. It is the morning of October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know.

Gandalf	Yes, I'm here. And you're lucky to be here, too. A few more hours, and you would have been beyond our aid. But you had some strength in you, my dear Hobbit.
	Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home.

Gandalf	I was delayed.

Bilbo	Hello, Frodo my lad!
	Hullo, Frodo my lad!

Elrond	...strangers from distant lands...

Boromir	Long has my father the Steward of Gondor kept the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe.
	By our valour the wild folk of the East are still restrained, and the terror of Morgul kept at bay; and thus alone are peace and freedom maintained in the lands behind us, bulwark of the West.

Legolas	He is Aragorn son of Arathorn.
Elrond	He is Aragorn son of Arathorn

Saruman	I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you have elected a way of pain!
	I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, and so saving yourself much trouble and pain.

Elrond	The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli son of Gloin, by any craft that we here possess.
	...we cannot destroy it by any craft that we here possess.

Frodo	I will take the Ring to Mordor, though I do not know the way.
	I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.

Bilbo	My old sword, Sting. Here, take it. Take it.
	This is Sting. Take it, if you like. I shan't want it again, I expect.

Bilbo	Oh...my old ring. Oh! I should very much like to hold it again, one last time.
	Have you got it here? I can't help feeling curious, you know, after all I've heard. I should very much like just to peep at it again.

Bilbo	I am sorry I brought this upon you, my boy. I'm sorry that you must carry this burden. I'm sorry for everything.
	I am sorry: sorry you have come in for this burden: sorry about everything. Don't adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story. Well, it can't be helped. I wonder if it's any good trying to finish my book?

Elrond	The Ring-bearer is setting out on the Quest of Mount Doom.

Elrond	On you who travel with him, no oath nor bond is laid to go further than you will.
	The further you go, the less easy will it be to withdraw; yet no oath or bond is laid on you to go further than you will.

Elrond	May the blessings of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you.

Gandalf	Oh, it's quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password, and the doors will open.
Gimli	That is plain enough. If you are a friend, speak the password, and the doors will open, and you can enter.

Frodo	I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
	I wish it need not have happened in my time.

Gandalf	So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.
	So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Frodo	It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.
	What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!

Gandalf	Pity? It was pity that stayed his hand.

Gandalf	Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of the Ring.
	Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.

Gandalf	Fool of a Took. Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity.
	Fool of a Took. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance.

Aragorn	That spear would have skewered a wild boar!
	That spear-thrust would have skewered a wild boar!

Gandalf	Do as I say! Swords are no more use here!

Gandalf	I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass!

Gandalf	Fly, you fools!

Haldir	We have not had dealings with the Dwarves since the Dark Days.

Haldir	Caras Galadhon, the heart of Elvendom on earth.

Celeborn	Eight there are here, yet nine there were set out from Rivendell.
	Here there are eight. Nine were to set out: so said the messages.

Celeborn	Tell me, where is Gandalf, for I much desire to speak with him. But I cannot see him from afar.
Galadriel	Gandalf the Grey did not pass the borders of this land. He has fallen into shadow.
Galadriel	Gandalf the Grey set out with the Company, but he did not pass the borders of this land. Now tell us where he is; for I much desired to speak with him again. But I cannot see him from afar.

Galadriel	He has fallen into shadow.
Legolas	Gandalf the Grey fell into shadow.

Legolas	It's a Balrog of Morgoth.

Galadriel	Your Quest stands upon the edge of the knife. Stray but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while all the Company is true.

Galadriel	Tonight you shall sleep in peace.

Galadriel	I know what it was that you saw, for that is also in my mind.

Frodo	If you ask it of me, I will give you the One Ring.
	I will give you the One Ring, if you ask for it.

Galadriel	You offer it to me freely. I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this.
	I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired to ask what you offer...Now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely!

Galadriel	In the place of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn, treacherous as the sea! Stronger than the foundation of the earth. All shall love me and despair!
	In the place of a Dark Lord, you will set up a queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundation of the earth. All shall love me and despair!

Galadriel	I pass the test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.

Galadriel	And what gift would a Dwarf ask of the Elves?

Galadriel	May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

Gimli	I have looked the last upon that which was fairest. Henceforward I will call nothing fair, unless it be her gift.

Frodo	It would seem like wisdom but for the warning in my heart.

Boromir	Warning? Warning against what?

Boromir	I see your mind! You will take the Ring to Sauron! You will betray us! Curse you! Curse you and all the halflings!
	Now I see your mind. You will take the Ring to Sauron and sell us all. Curse you and all halflings to death and darkness!

Aragorn	Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands. We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light.
	If I seek him now in the wilderness, I must abandon the captives to torment and death. My heart speaks clearly at last: the fate of the Bearer is in my hands no longer. Leave all that can be spared behind. We will press on by day and night!

Frodo	I hope the others find a safer road.
Sam	Strider will look after them.
Frodo	I don't suppose we'll ever see them again.
Sam	We may yet, Mr. Frodo. We may.
Frodo	We will go, and may the others find a safe road! Strider will look after them. I don't suppose we shall see them again.
Sam	Yet we may, Mr. Frodo. We may.