The best Quotes by Durin IV

Elrond is as much a brother to me as if he'd been fired in my own mother's womb.

Twenty years might be the blink of an eye to an Elf. But I've lived an entire life in that time. A life you missed.

Durin: "Lucky my future queen could convince a water rat to wear a mink coat. One more reason to count my blessings I married you, not Margid Rustborin."
Disa: "And what are the other reasons?"
Durin: "I'll tell you later."

A dog may bark at the moon. But he cannot bring it down.

Dina: "How it it that you and my husband met?"
Durin: "I told you, I saved him from a hill-troll. Two of 'em."
Elrond: "Then I fear I have no choice but to amend your husband's account. There were three trolls. And it was I who saved him. When I came upon him in the forest, he was in the midst of dodging their mallet blows. Wailing and screaming and such."
Durin: "It was a battle cry!"

The mightiest thing a Dwarf can do is to be worthy of the name of his father.

Dwarven anger outlives even Elven memory. Break your promise, and the power of this stone will doom you and your kin to sorrow, to your last day on this Middle-earth.

This could be the beginning of a new era.

We're the ones holding the long end of the hammer here.

Where there is love, it is never truly dark.

If we didn't do everything we weren't supposed to, we'd hardly do anything at all.

One thing we can do better than any creature in all Middle-earth. We stay true to each other, with our hearts even bigger than our feet.

Alone, it's just a journey. Now, adventures, they must be shared.

Betimes, our paths are laid before us by powers greater than our own. In those moments, it's our task to make our feet go where our hearts wish not to tread.

Galadriel: "One will always corrupt. Two will divide."
Celebrimbor: "But with three, there is balance."

Elrond: "You're making that promise very difficult to keep."
Galadriel: "Were it easy, it would not require trust."

What will they do when you tell them that you were my ally? When you tell them that Sauron lives because of you?

Halbrand: "You bind me to the light. And I bind you to power. Together, we can save this Middle-earth."
Galadriel: "Save? Or rule?"
Halbrand: "I see no difference."
Galadriel: "And that is why I will never be at your side."

I have been awake since before the breaking of the first silence. In that time... I have had many names.

From shadow you came. To shadow I bid you return!

Only you can show what you are. You choose by what you do.

Since the mountain of fire's eruption, the Great Tree is all but bleeding leaves. Soon, the last will fall. And unless our people leave these shore, so shall we.

Sometimes the perilous path is the only path.

Tamar: "You're not so bad, low man."
Halbrand: "Well, then, I best make my retreat, while you've still got a warm opinion of me."

Istar? In your tongue, that means "wise one". Or "wizard".

When in doubt, Elanor Brandyfoot, always follow your nose.

The iron that must bear the most heavy of burdens must also endure the most rigorous tempering!

There are powers beyond darkness at work in this world. Perhaps on days such as this, we've little choice but to trust to their designs and surrender our own.

Every war is fought both without and within. Of that, every soldier must be mindful.

Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

We do not say goodbye. We say namárië. It means more than simply "farewell". It means, "Go towards goodness."

You ride to war, but not to victory.

Ted: "You're scared of the seven dwarves?"
Robin: "Just of Doc. He's creepy... I mean, the guy went to medical school, what is he doing living with six coalminers."

Calling a Dwarf dishonest in her own home? That's a recipe for strong gravy!

I used to say I live my life a quarter mile at a time and I think that's why we were brothers - because you did too. No matter where you are, whether it's a quarter mile away or half way across the world, you'll always be with me. And you'll always be my brother.

True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

If this is love, I don't want it. Take it away, please! Why does it hurt so much?

Without me, eyes are marbles, no darkness they see.
Faces look garbled, no flurry they feel.
No breath, no cheer, death not to fear.
Time is not spent, roses has no scent.
At nothing you can marvel without me.

It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. I choose a mortal life.

There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens

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.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

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.

For it is easier to shout "stop!" than to do it.

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."

Arise, Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now! Ride for ruin and the world's ending! Death!

My friends… you bow to no one!