a word from sam

Reyes 2022-04-20 09:01:02

Frodo: I can't. Sam: I know. It's not fair. We shouldn't have come. But here we are. It's like the wonderful stories we've heard, celebrating great deeds, full of darkness and danger. Sometimes you don't want to know the ending. Because how can there be a happy ending? With so many terrible things happening, how can the world go back to how it was before? But in the end, the terrible shadow will eventually disappear. Even the darkness will disappear. A new day will come. The sun also shines brighter. This is a touching story that will never be forgotten. Even if you're too young to understand why, I think I get it. I get it now. The protagonists of these stories have plenty of opportunities to fall by the wayside, but they don't. They decided to go forward because they had a belief. Frodo: What beliefs do we hold? Sam: There must be kindness in this world that is worth fighting to the end.

Mr. Frodo: I can't do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights, we shouldn't even be here. But we are here. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The one's that really mattered, full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end... Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was...When so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing...this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you… that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going...because they were holding on to something. Mr. Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam? Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King quotes

  • Pippin: [singing to Denethor as Faramir leads the charge] Home is behind, the world ahead... and there are many paths to tread... Through shadow... To the edge of night... Until the stars are all alight... Mist and shadow, cloud and shade... All shall fade... all... shall... fade.

  • Denethor: My sons are spent. My line has ended. Rohan has deserted us. Theoden's betrayed me. Abandon your posts! Flee, flee for your lives!

    [He turns around, and Gandalf knocks him out with his staff]

    Gandalf: Prepare for battle!