#frodo

You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin – to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours – closer than you yourself keep it. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo. Anyway: there it is. We know most of what Gandalf has told you. We know a good deal about the ring. We are horribly afraid–but we are coming with you; or following you like hounds. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#freindship #frodo #lord-of-the-rings #merry #middle-earth

Why are you so unfriendly?' said Boromir. 'I am a true man, neither thief nor tracker. I need your Ring: that you know now; but I give you my word that I do not desire to keep it. Will you not at least let me make trial of my plan? Lend me the Ring! 'No! No!' cried Frodo. 'The Council laid it upon me to bear it.' 'It is by our own folly that the Enemy will defeat us,' cried Boromir. 'How it angers me! Fool! Obstinate fool! Running wilfully to death and ruining our cause. If any mortals have claim to the Ring, it is the men of Numenor, and not Halfings. It is not yours save by unhappy chance. It might have been mine. It should be mine. Give it to me! ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#frodo-baggins #j-r-r-tolkien #numenor #ring-of-power #the-lord-of-the-rings

No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image of moon or star are left to me. I am naked in the dark, Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #tolkien #food

O Sam! cried Frodo. 'What have I said? What have I done? Forgive me! After all you have done. It is the horrible power of the Ring. I wish it had never, never, been found. But don't mind me, Sam. I must carry the burden to the end. It can't be altered. You can't come between me and this doom. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#frodo #j-r-r-tolkien #sam #the-return-of-the-king #the-ring

I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#frodo #friendship

Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#frodo #middle-earth #friendship

And yet their wills did not yield, and they struggled on. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#inspirational #sam-gamgee #inspirational

How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart, you begin to understand, there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep...that have taken hold. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#life

No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #sam #tolkien #true-love

His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming, Mr. Frodo!' He ran forward to the climbing path, and over it. At once the road lurned left and plunged steeply down. Sam had crossed into Mordor. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#j-r-r-tolkien #sam #the-lord-of-the-rings #the-return-of-the-king #love