The Lord of the Rings

Let them come.

“In creating Frodo, Tolkien may well have been thinking back to the First World War and the lads who went on a terrible journey from which many never returned. Elijah reminds me of those statues of idealized young men on war-memorials throughout the world: more sublime than human and with a complexion of molten marble. He is simply terrific…”

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings.

“The world isn’t in your books and maps, it’s out there.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien 

Royd Tolkien, Great grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien playing a ranger in the Return of the King.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir Peter Jackson

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,‘said Gimli. ‘Maybe,'said Elrond,'but let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.”

Argh. You could have picked a better spot.

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002) dir. Peter Jackson

I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall… nor our people fail! Our people? Our people.

Every villager able to wield a sword has been sent to the armory.

Ooh! You didn’t think I’d miss your Uncle Bilbo’s birthday?

Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East.

Thank you.

Twenty-nine. Thirty-three, thirty-four.

Long have you hunted me. Long have I eluded you. No more.

We’re going with you, laddie.