thought i'd get a mini poll going!
1. who is your favourite character(s)?
2. what is your favourite chapter or section?
3. would you have been tempted by The Ring?
4. where in middle-earth would you like to live?
5. what is your favourite quote(s)?
my answers (please highlight text below to view):
1. gandalf
2. The Voice of Saruman
3. probably
4. Bag End
5. Gandalf: ...generous deed should not be checked by cold counsel. (ROTK V 1)
Gandalf: You cannot pass. 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 Udun. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass. (FOTR II 5)
Eowyn: But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am,
Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him. (ROTK V 6)
Treebeard: Hill. Yes, that was it. But it is a hasty word for a thing that
has stood here ever since this part of the world was shaped. (TTT III 4)
Sam: Good night, Captain, my lord. You took the chance, sir.
Faramir: Did I so?
Sam: Yes sir, and showed your quality: the very highest.
Faramir: A pert servant, Master Samwise. But nay: the praise of the
praiseworthy is above all rewards. Yet there was naught in this to praise.
I had no lure or desire to do other than I have done.
Sam: Ah well, sir, you said my master had an elvish air; and that was good and true. BUt I can say this: you have an air too, sir, that reminds me of, of -- well, Gandalf, of wizards. (TTT IV 5)