Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy discussion

Post your favorite quotes.

"Keep smiling. It makes people wonder what your up to."
-David Dickson

"Shall I get you a box?" -legolas

"It still only counts as one!"-- glimli

"'You cannot pass,' he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. ' I am the servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.

The Balrog made no answer. The fire in it seemed to die. but the darkness grew. It stepped forward slowly on to the bridge, and suddenly it drew itself up to a great height, and its wings were spread from wall to wall; but still Gandalf could be seen, glimmering in the gloom; he seemed small, and altogether alone: grey and bent, like a wizened tree before teh onset of a storm.

From out of the shadow a red sword leaped flaming.

Glamdring glittered white in answer.

There was a ringing clash and a stab of white fire. The Balrog fell back and its sword flew up in molten fragments. The wizaard swayed on the bridge, stepped back a pace, and then again stood still.

'You cannot pass!' he said.

With a bound the Balrog leaped full upon the bridge. Its whip whirled and hissed.

'He cannot stand alone!; cried Aragorn suddenly and ran back along the bridge. 'Elendil!' he shouted. 'I am with you Gandalf!'

'Gondor!'cried Boromir and leaped after him.

At that moment Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him. The staff broke asunder and fell from his hand. A blinding sheet of whit flame sprang up. The bridge cracked. Right at the Balrog's feet it broke, and the stone upon which it stood crashed into the gulf, while the rest remained, poised, quivering like a tongue of rock thrust out into emptiness.

With a terrible cry the Balrog fell forward, and its shadow plunged down and vanished. But even as it fell it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about the wizard's knees, draging him to the brink. He staggered and fell, grasped vainly at the stone, and slid into the abyss. 'Fly you fools!' He cried, and was gone."

-The Lord of the Rings

I reread that passage like three times when i read the book

It's the BEST!

Bye.

Bye

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Albert Einstein

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." -- Mark Twain

"Inconceivable!"
The Princess Bride

Hahaha! I remember that!

"Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
The Princess Bride

"Parley."
Pirates of the Caribbean

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

""Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly,"but she didn't. She saved my life."
"How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?"
Ellen turned scarlet and stared at the ground. "Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before," she mumbled."" --Cinda Williams Chima, The Warrior Heir

lol! :) I like that one!

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
— Oscar Wilde

That's one of my favorite quotes ever!!

Yeah! It's awesome.

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." --Oscar Wilde

Thats funny!

Nicole wrote: ""I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." --Oscar Wilde"

Cool!

That's another one of my favorites! ;)

:D

"Llamas are the key to success."
Sammy I don't know the last name.

Haha! I don't get it

me neither.

I guess llamas are okay

alpacas aren't.

How come?

"I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission." -Christopher Paolini

they copied the genius llamas.

That makes sense. ;)

it does. perfect sense. :)

Of course! Obviously we are on the verge of an apocalyptic war between the races of Llama and Alpaca.

:)

Lol! :D

Are we the only three that comment? Anyway,

"I know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
-The Lord of the Rings

didn't you already do that one?

I think you did already do that one.

21 hrs, 27 min ago. ;)

He did! He did!

I think we are the only three that comment.

I think so too! :) someone else commented a couple of times.

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." -Mark Twain.

I like that quote to.

Mark Twain says some funny stuff.

he does.

Yep.