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The Two Towers is a pivotal work in the fantasy genre, serving as the second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's renowned The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It delves deeper into the ongoing conflict between the free peoples of Middle-earth and the forces of evil led by the Dark Lord Sauron. The narrative follows Frodo Baggins and his companions as they journey towards Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, while simultaneously exploring the political and military struggles of the various races involved in the war.
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“Often does hatred hurt itself.”
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“Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.”
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“But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near.”
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“Help means ruin and saving means slaying.”
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“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
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“In one thing you have not changed, dear friend," said Aragorn: "you still speak in riddles." "What? In riddles?" said Gandalf. "No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying.”
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“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!”
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“Here you find us sitting on a field of victory, amid the plunder of armies, and you wonder how we came by a few well-earned comforts!”
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“Don't go where I can't follow!”
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“To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face”
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“Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall”
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“And that's the way of a real tale. Take any one that you're fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of a tale it is, happy-ending or sad-ending, but the people in it don't know. And you don't want them to.”
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“But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo.”
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“There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.”
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“We meet again, at the turn of the tide. A great storm is coming, but the tide has turned.”
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“We are lost, lost,' said Gollum. 'No name, no business, no Precious, nothing. Only empty. Only hungry; yes, we are hungry. A few little fishes, nasty bony little fishes, for a poor creature, and they say death. So wise they are; so just, so very just”
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“The treacherous are ever distrustful.”
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“Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodo!”
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“Yes, I am white now,' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been.”
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“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to”
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“For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they can only come to morning through the shadows.”
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“Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel!”
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“For it is easier to shout 'Stop', than to do it”
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“The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart.”
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“Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.”
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“The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in here eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.”
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“Thus Aragorn for the first time in the full light of day beheld Éowyn, Lady of Rohan, and thought her fair, fair and cold, like a morning of pale spring that is not yet come to womanhood. And she was now suddenly aware of him: tall heir of kings, wise with many winters, greycloaked, hiding a power that yet she felt. For a moment still as stone she stood, then turning swiftly she was gone.”
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“But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.' 'Yes, we do,' said Pippin sadly. 'The story seems to be going on, but I am afraid Gandalf has fallen out of it.”
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“Together we will take the road that leads into the West, And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.”
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“Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. 'Elendil!' he cried. 'I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dúnadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!”
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“Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.”
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“When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold, Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold; When woodland halls are green and cool, and wind is in the West, Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is best!”
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“Don't the great tales never end?" "No, they never end as tales," said Frodo. "But the people in them come, and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.”
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“Did he say:"Hullo,Pippin!This is a pleasant surprise!"?No,indeed!He said:"Get up,you tom-fool of a Took!Where,in the name of wonder,in all this ruin is Treebeard?I want him.Quick" -Pippin Took”
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“Better mistrust undeserved than rash words.”
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“I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.”
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“The burned hand teaches best.”
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“Their horses were of great stature, strong and clean-limbed; their gray coats glistened, their long tails flowed in the wind, their manes were braided on their proud necks.”
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“In doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom.”
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“There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumor of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.”
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