Gimli: "I never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf."
Legolas: "What about side by side with a friend?"
Gimli: "Aye, I could do that."
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.
Pain, TimeFrodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingNight changes many thoguhts.
Thoughts, Night & EveningAragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingMy friends… you bow to no one!
Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingOft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Legolas in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingNever is too long a word even for me.
Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingWell, this is a thing unheard-of. An Elf will go underground where a Dwarf dare not? Oh, I'd never hear the end of it.
Gimli in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'...Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?'
'A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!'
"The deeds of Men will outlast us, Gimli."
"And yet come to naught in the end but might-have-beens, I guess", said the Dwarf.
"To that the Elves know not the answer", said Legolas.
From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.
Arwen in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThere can be no triumph without loss. No victory without suffering. No freedom without sacrifice.
LossThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingI don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.
War, WaitingPippin in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingSons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand! Men of the West!
Courage, War SpeechesAragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingCourage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand - that and such hope as I bring.
Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King