The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring Quotes
Elrond: Strangers from distant lands, friends of old you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of destruction, none can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom. Bring forth the ring, Frodo. [Frodo puts the ring on a stand for all to see]
Boromir: So it is true. In a dream, I saw the Eastern sky grow dark. But in the West, a pale light lingered. A voice was crying, The doom is near at hand, Isildur's Bane is found. [Reaches for the Ring]
Boromir: Isildur's Bane...
Aragorn: Boromir!
Gandalf: [speaking the words engraved on the Ring] Ash Nazg Durbatuluk, Ash Nazg Gimbatul, Ash Nazg Thrakatuluk, Agh Burzum-ishi Krimpatul. [the light darkens and the air rumbles; Boromir backs away from the Ring]
Elrond: Never before has anyone dared utter words of that tongue here, in Imladris.
Gandalf: I do not ask for pardon, master Elrond, for the Black Speech of Mordor may yet be heard in every corner of the West! The Ring is altogether evil.
Boromir: It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this ring? 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. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him.
Aragorn: You cannot wield it. None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master.
Boromir: And what would a Ranger know of this matter?
Legolas: This is no mere ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance.
Boromir: Aragorn? This is Isildur's heir?
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Boromir: So it is true. In a dream, I saw the Eastern sky grow dark. But in the West, a pale light lingered. A voice was crying, The doom is near at hand, Isildur's Bane is found. [Reaches for the Ring]
Boromir: Isildur's Bane...
Aragorn: Boromir!
Gandalf: [speaking the words engraved on the Ring] Ash Nazg Durbatuluk, Ash Nazg Gimbatul, Ash Nazg Thrakatuluk, Agh Burzum-ishi Krimpatul. [the light darkens and the air rumbles; Boromir backs away from the Ring]
Elrond: Never before has anyone dared utter words of that tongue here, in Imladris.
Gandalf: I do not ask for pardon, master Elrond, for the Black Speech of Mordor may yet be heard in every corner of the West! The Ring is altogether evil.
Boromir: It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this ring? 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. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him.
Aragorn: You cannot wield it. None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master.
Boromir: And what would a Ranger know of this matter?
Legolas: This is no mere ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance.
Boromir: Aragorn? This is Isildur's heir?
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Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: 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 to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.
Gandalf: 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 to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.
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Elrond: Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the fellowship of the ring.
Pippin: Great! Where are we going?
Pippin: Great! Where are we going?
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Gandalf: Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee. Have you been eavesdropping?
Sam: I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you'll follow me.
Gandalf: A little late for trimming the verge, don't you think?
Sam: I heard raised voices.
Gandalf: What did you hear? Speak.
Sam: N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a Dark Lord, and something about the end of the world, but... Please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.
Sam: I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you'll follow me.
Gandalf: A little late for trimming the verge, don't you think?
Sam: I heard raised voices.
Gandalf: What did you hear? Speak.
Sam: N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a Dark Lord, and something about the end of the world, but... Please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.
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voiceover: And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend; legend became myth.
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[first lines]
Galadriel: The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of men, who, above all else, desire power. But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master Ring, to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.
Galadriel: The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of men, who, above all else, desire power. But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master Ring, to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.
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Aragorn : Are you frightened?
Frodo : Yes.
Aragorn : Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you.
Frodo : Yes.
Aragorn : Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you.
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Frodo : What do you want?
Aragorn : A little more caution from you; that is no trinket you carry.
Frodo : I carry nothing.
Aragorn : Indeed. I can avoid being seen if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift.
Aragorn : A little more caution from you; that is no trinket you carry.
Frodo : I carry nothing.
Aragorn : Indeed. I can avoid being seen if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift.
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Boromir : [ holding the ring after Frodo has lost it ] It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.
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Sam : I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to. I don't mean to.
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Aragorn : If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword...
Legolas : And you have my bow.
Gimli : And *my* axe.
Boromir : You carry the fate of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done.
Legolas : And you have my bow.
Gimli : And *my* axe.
Boromir : You carry the fate of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done.
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Elrond : Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the fellowship of the ring.
Pippin : Great! Where are we going?
Pippin : Great! Where are we going?
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Gandalf : They are one; the ring and the Dark Lord. Frodo, he must never find it.
Frodo : [ gets up to hide the ring ] All right. We'll put it away. We'll keep it hidden, we'll never speak of it again. No one knows it's here, do they? [ Gandalf doesn't answer ]
Frodo : Do they, Gandalf?
Frodo : [ gets up to hide the ring ] All right. We'll put it away. We'll keep it hidden, we'll never speak of it again. No one knows it's here, do they? [ Gandalf doesn't answer ]
Frodo : Do they, Gandalf?
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Elrond : His strength returns.
Gandalf : That wound will never fully heal. He will carry it the rest of his life.
Elrond : And yet, to have come so far, still bearing the Ring, the Hobbit has shown extraordinary resilience to its evil.
Gandalf : It is a burden he should never have had to bear. We can ask no more of Frodo.
Elrond : Gandalf, the enemy is moving. Sauron's forces are massing in the East; his eye is fixed on Rivendell. And Saruman, you tell me, has betrayed us. Our list of allies grows thin.
Gandalf : His treachery runs deeper than you know. By foul craft, Saruman has crossed Orcs with goblin men. He's breeding an army in the caverns of Isengard. An army that can move in sunlight and cover great distance at speed. Saruman is coming for the Ring.
Elrond : This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves. We do not have the strength to withstand both Mordor and Isengard. Gandalf, the Ring cannot stay here. This evil belongs to all of Middle-Earth. They must decide now how to end it. The time of the Elves is over, my people are leaving these shores. Who will you look to when we've gone? The Dwarves? They toil away in caverns, seeking riches. They care nothing for the troubles of others.
Gandalf : It is in Men that we must place our hope.
Elrond : Men? Men are weak. The Blood of Numenor is all but spent, its pride and dignity forgotten. It is because of Men the Ring survives. I was there, Gandalf. I was there three thousand years ago. I was there the day the strength of Men failed.
Elrond : [ scene switches to a flashback of Elrond and Isildur ] Isildur, hurry, follow me.
Elrond : [ voiceover ] I led Isildur deep into the fires of Mount Doom, where the Ring was forged, the one place it could be destroyed.
Elrond :
Gandalf : That wound will never fully heal. He will carry it the rest of his life.
Elrond : And yet, to have come so far, still bearing the Ring, the Hobbit has shown extraordinary resilience to its evil.
Gandalf : It is a burden he should never have had to bear. We can ask no more of Frodo.
Elrond : Gandalf, the enemy is moving. Sauron's forces are massing in the East; his eye is fixed on Rivendell. And Saruman, you tell me, has betrayed us. Our list of allies grows thin.
Gandalf : His treachery runs deeper than you know. By foul craft, Saruman has crossed Orcs with goblin men. He's breeding an army in the caverns of Isengard. An army that can move in sunlight and cover great distance at speed. Saruman is coming for the Ring.
Elrond : This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves. We do not have the strength to withstand both Mordor and Isengard. Gandalf, the Ring cannot stay here. This evil belongs to all of Middle-Earth. They must decide now how to end it. The time of the Elves is over, my people are leaving these shores. Who will you look to when we've gone? The Dwarves? They toil away in caverns, seeking riches. They care nothing for the troubles of others.
Gandalf : It is in Men that we must place our hope.
Elrond : Men? Men are weak. The Blood of Numenor is all but spent, its pride and dignity forgotten. It is because of Men the Ring survives. I was there, Gandalf. I was there three thousand years ago. I was there the day the strength of Men failed.
Elrond : [ scene switches to a flashback of Elrond and Isildur ] Isildur, hurry, follow me.
Elrond : [ voiceover ] I led Isildur deep into the fires of Mount Doom, where the Ring was forged, the one place it could be destroyed.
Elrond :
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[ Frodo hears the ring whispering ominously while the Council argues ]
Frodo : I will take it! [ they don't hear him; he raises his voice ]
Frodo : I will take it! [ they fall silent, looking at him ]
Frodo : I will take the Ring to Mordor! [ pause ]
Frodo : Though... I do not know the way.
Frodo : I will take it! [ they don't hear him; he raises his voice ]
Frodo : I will take it! [ they fall silent, looking at him ]
Frodo : I will take the Ring to Mordor! [ pause ]
Frodo : Though... I do not know the way.
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[ Frodo wanders in the woods. Boromir comes up behind him, gathering wood ]
Boromir : None of us should wander alone, you least of all. Frodo? I know you suffer, I see it day by day. Are you sure you do not suffer needlessly? There are other ways, Frodo, other paths we might take.
Frodo : I know what you would say, and it would seem like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart.
Boromir : Warning? Against what? We are all afraid, Frodo. But to let that fear drive us to destroy what hope we have... don't you see? That is madness!
Frodo : There is no other way.
Boromir : I ask only for the strength to defend my people! [ approaches Frodo ]
Boromir : If you would but lend me the Ring...
Frodo : [ backs away ] No!
Boromir : Why do you recoil? I am no thief.
Frodo : You are not yourself.
Boromir : What chance do you think you have? They will find you. They will take the Ring. And you will beg for death before the end!
Boromir : None of us should wander alone, you least of all. Frodo? I know you suffer, I see it day by day. Are you sure you do not suffer needlessly? There are other ways, Frodo, other paths we might take.
Frodo : I know what you would say, and it would seem like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart.
Boromir : Warning? Against what? We are all afraid, Frodo. But to let that fear drive us to destroy what hope we have... don't you see? That is madness!
Frodo : There is no other way.
Boromir : I ask only for the strength to defend my people! [ approaches Frodo ]
Boromir : If you would but lend me the Ring...
Frodo : [ backs away ] No!
Boromir : Why do you recoil? I am no thief.
Frodo : You are not yourself.
Boromir : What chance do you think you have? They will find you. They will take the Ring. And you will beg for death before the end!
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[ holding the Ring out to Frodo after dropping it in the fire ]
Gandalf : Hold out your hand, Frodo. It's quite cool. [ Drops the Ring into Frodo's palm ]
Gandalf : What do you see? Can you see anything?
Frodo : Nothing. There's nothing. [ Gandalf sighs in relief ]
Frodo : Wait... there are markings. It's some form of Elvish, I can't read it.
Gandalf : There are few who can. The language is the that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.
Frodo : Mordor?
Gandalf : In the common tongue it reads "One Ring to Rule Them All. One Ring to Find Them. One Ring to Bring Them All and In The Darkness Bind Them."
Gandalf : Hold out your hand, Frodo. It's quite cool. [ Drops the Ring into Frodo's palm ]
Gandalf : What do you see? Can you see anything?
Frodo : Nothing. There's nothing. [ Gandalf sighs in relief ]
Frodo : Wait... there are markings. It's some form of Elvish, I can't read it.
Gandalf : There are few who can. The language is the that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.
Frodo : Mordor?
Gandalf : In the common tongue it reads "One Ring to Rule Them All. One Ring to Find Them. One Ring to Bring Them All and In The Darkness Bind Them."
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Galadriel : The one ring to rule them all.
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Gandalf : There is one other who knew Bilbo had the Ring. I looked everywhere for the creature Gollum, but the enemy found him first. I don't know how long they tortured him, but through the endless screams and inane babble, they discerned two words:
Gollum : SHIRE! BAGGINS!
Frodo : Shire? Baggins? But that would lead them here! [ Cuts to a Ringwraith cutting off a Hobbit's head ]
Frodo : [ holding out the Ring ] Take it Gandalf! [ Gandalf backs away ]
Frodo : Take it!
Gandalf : No, Frodo.
Frodo : You must take it!
Gandalf : You cannot offer me this ring!
Frodo : I'm giving it to you!
Gandalf : Don't... tempt me Frodo! 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.
Gollum : SHIRE! BAGGINS!
Frodo : Shire? Baggins? But that would lead them here! [ Cuts to a Ringwraith cutting off a Hobbit's head ]
Frodo : [ holding out the Ring ] Take it Gandalf! [ Gandalf backs away ]
Frodo : Take it!
Gandalf : No, Frodo.
Frodo : You must take it!
Gandalf : You cannot offer me this ring!
Frodo : I'm giving it to you!
Gandalf : Don't... tempt me Frodo! 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.
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Galadriel : It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for a new ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all. One by one, the free peoples of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of men and elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the very slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth. Victory was near, but the power of the ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. And Sauron, enemy of the free peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated. The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the ring of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, the ring ensnared another bearer. The ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains, and there it consumed him. The ring gave to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind; and in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, wh
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Aragorn : 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.
Boromir : Our people, our people. I would have would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my king.
Aragorn : Be at peace, Son of Gondor.
Boromir : Our people, our people. I would have would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my king.
Aragorn : Be at peace, Son of Gondor.
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Galadriel : I know what it is you saw, for it is also in my mind. [ telepathically ]
Galadriel : It is what will come to pass, If you should fail. The Fellowship is breaking, it has already begun. He will try to take the Ring, you know of whom I speak. One by one, it will destroy them.
Frodo : [ telepathically ] If you ask it of me, I will give you the One Ring.
Galadriel : You offer it to me freely? I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this. [ starts to grow dark ]
Galadriel : In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair! [ she stops ]
Galadriel : I have passed the test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.
Frodo : I cannot do this alone.
Galadriel : You are a Ring-bearer, Frodo. To bear a Ring of Power is to be alone. [ pulls out her hand ]
Galadriel : This is Nenya, the Ring of Adament. And I am it's keeper. This task was appointed to you, and if you do not find a way, no one will.
Frodo : I know what I must do, it's just that... I'm afraid to do it.
Galadriel : Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
Galadriel : It is what will come to pass, If you should fail. The Fellowship is breaking, it has already begun. He will try to take the Ring, you know of whom I speak. One by one, it will destroy them.
Frodo : [ telepathically ] If you ask it of me, I will give you the One Ring.
Galadriel : You offer it to me freely? I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this. [ starts to grow dark ]
Galadriel : In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair! [ she stops ]
Galadriel : I have passed the test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.
Frodo : I cannot do this alone.
Galadriel : You are a Ring-bearer, Frodo. To bear a Ring of Power is to be alone. [ pulls out her hand ]
Galadriel : This is Nenya, the Ring of Adament. And I am it's keeper. This task was appointed to you, and if you do not find a way, no one will.
Frodo : I know what I must do, it's just that... I'm afraid to do it.
Galadriel : Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
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Aragorn : Boromir! Give the Ring to Frodo.
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Bilbo : My dear Bagginses and Boffins, Tooks and Brandybucks, Grubbs, Chubbs, Hornblowers, Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfoots!
Everard Proudfoot : Proudfeet!
Everard Proudfoot : Proudfeet!
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Galadriel : We shall not meet again, Elessar.
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Witch-King : Give up the Halfling, She-Elf!
Arwen : [ draws her sword ] If you want him, come and claim him!
Arwen : [ draws her sword ] If you want him, come and claim him!
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Gandalf : Always remember, Frodo, the Ring is trying to get back to its master. It wants to be found.
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Frodo : Go back, Sam. I'm going to Mordor alone.
Sam : Of course you are. And I'm coming with you.
Sam : Of course you are. And I'm coming with you.
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Boromir : What is this new devilry?
Gandalf : A Balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. Run!
Gandalf : A Balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. Run!
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