Galadriel quotes

View Quote I amar prestar aen. The world is changed. Han mathon ne nen. I feel it in the water. Han mathon ne chae. I feel it in the earth. A han noston ned 'wilith. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.

View Quote 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 will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived... for another Ring was made.

View Quote 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.

View Quote Victory was near, but the power of the Ring could not be undone.

View Quote The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy all 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.

View Quote The Ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains…and there, it consumed him.

View Quote The Ring brought 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. Rumour grew of a shadow in the east, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Ring of Power perceived… its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum.

View Quote For the time would soon come when Hobbits would shape the fortunes of all.

View Quote Frodo… your coming to us is as of the footsteps of doom. You bring great evil here, Ringbearer.

View Quote In place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Treacherous as the sea! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!

View Quote The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains, while all the company is true.

View Quote Welcome, Frodo of the Shire... one who has seen the Eye!