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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) QUOTES

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) QUOTES

1 " There is indeed a wide waste of time between the River and the Mountain, between the loss and the finding. But the gap in the knowledge of the Wise has been filled at last. Yet too slowly. For the Enemy has been close behind, closer even than I feared. "

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2 " In all the long wars with the Dark Tower treason has ever been our greatest foe. "

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3 " That, I guess, is the language of the Rohirrim," the Elf commented, "for it is like to this land itself; rich and rolling in part, and else hard and stern as the mountains. But I cannot guess what it means, save that it is laden with the sadness of mortal men. "

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4 " My heart burns me too, and I would have started sooner; but now I must rest a little to run the better "

― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

5 " And the smell of the air! I used to spend a week just breathing. "

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6 " Another bed was set beside him for his servant. Sam hesitated fora moment, then bowing very low: “Good night, Captain, my lord,” he said. “You took the chance, sir.”
“Did I so?” said Faramir.
“Yes, sir, and showed your quality: the very highest.”
Faramir smiled. “A pert servant, Master Samwise. But nay: the praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards. Yet there was naught in this to praise. I had no lure or desire to do other than I have done.”
“Ah well, sir,” said Sam, “you said my master had an Elvish air; and the twas good and true. But I can say this: you have an air too, sir, that reminds of, of – well, Gandalf, of wizards.”
“Maybe,” said Faramir. “Maybe you discern from far away the air of Numenor. Good night! "

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7 " For I was talking to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to. -Gandalf "

― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

8 " If we fail, we fall. If we succeed - then we will face the next task. "

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9 " Look's like meat's back on the menu, boys! "

― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

10 " ...the burned hand teaches best. After that advice about fire goes to the heart. "

― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

11 " We are a failing people, a springless autumn. "

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