Quotes about endings lotr2/26/2023 ![]() Also,’ he added, and his voice sank to a whisper, ‘the Ring draws them.” We can feel their presence – it troubled our hearts, as soon as we came here, and before we saw them they feel ours more keenly. Senses, too, there are other than sight or smell. And at all times they smell the blood of living things, desiring and hating it. They themselves do not see the world of light as we do, but our shapes cast shadows in their minds, which only the noon sun destroys and in the dark they perceive many signs and forms that are hidden from us: then they are most to be feared. For the black horses can see, and the Riders can use men and other creatures as spies, as we found at Bree. ‘I was very anxious to find some sign of Gandalf but it was a mistake for three of us to go up and stand there so long. “I was too careless on the hill-top,’ answered Strider. Tom is not master of Riders from the Black Land far beyond his country.” But do not trust my guess for I cannot tell for certain. “No, I hope not tonight,’ answered Tom Bombadil ‘nor perhaps the next day. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless – before the Dark Lord came from Outside.” When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. ![]() Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless? But you are young and I am old. ‘Don’t you know my name yet? That’s the only answer. “Eh, what?’ said Tom sitting up, and his eyes glinting in the gloom. "And it is also said," answered Frodo: " Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes." But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. "That Gandalf should be late, does not bode well. "I do not like this news," he said at last. One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, Quotes Book 1 Chapter 1: A Long-Expected Party
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