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Evisse the Blue · 02-14-2004, 02:15 PM

Thanks, Sleepy! Here's an easy one, but the best I could come up with for now:

Quote:

You shall possess not one nor the other. Still, it isn't of my making. I only predict.

luthien-elvenprincess · 03-09-2004, 07:05 AM

Could you give a big hint...maybe from what book this comes?

Evisse the Blue · 03-11-2004, 02:50 AM

Sure thing! It's from ROTK.

Guinevere · 03-24-2004, 06:22 AM

I just discovered this challenging game. May I join in?

This must be Saruman telling Frodo:

"But do not expect me to wish you health and long life. You will have neither. But that is not my doing. I merely foretell."

Evisse the Blue · 03-24-2004, 06:56 AM

Correct as always, Guinevere!

Guinevere · 03-24-2004, 02:07 PM

Thank you, Evisse!

Quote:

A lot are the curious possibilities of the earth, and aid frequently shall approach from the part of the feeble when the learned stumble.

Is this still recognizable?

Firefoot · 03-24-2004, 02:53 PM

Quote:

"Many are the strange chances of the world," said Mithrandir, "and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the wise falter."

It was Gandalf at the White Council.

Guinevere · 03-25-2004, 03:56 AM

I guess that quote was a bit too well known...

Now it's your turn to wrack your brain...

Firefoot · 03-25-2004, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Yet I told still my terror to nobody, realizing the danger of an ill-timed softly spoken word, if it proceeded amiss.

These are hard to write! Thank you, Thesaurus!

Guinevere · 03-26-2004, 02:24 PM

That must be Gandalf at the Council of Elrond:

"But I spoke yet of my dread to none, knowing the peril of an untimely whisper if it went astray."

Firefoot · 03-26-2004, 02:43 PM

Yes, that's it.

Guinevere · 03-28-2004, 09:43 AM

Thank you. But now, for a new one...

Quote:

"They're not able to be victorious always!"

Oddwen · 03-28-2004, 06:55 PM

Mind if I join?

That would be "They cannot conquer for ever!" by Frodo to Sam at the Crossroads.

Guinevere · 03-29-2004, 12:40 PM

Your turn, Oddwen!

Oddwen · 03-29-2004, 08:07 PM

Thank you, Guenevere. Let's try:

Quote:

Substance virtually flubbed, you divulge. I reveal, substance has flubbed.

Firefoot · 03-30-2004, 06:18 AM

That would be "Something nearly slipped, you say. I say, something has slipped." Gorbag to Shagrat.

Oddwen · 03-30-2004, 07:31 PM

Absolutely!

Your go.

Firefoot · 03-31-2004, 06:26 AM

Thanks, Oddwen!

Quote:

No one will be able to dwell presently like those people have dwelt, and scarcely any will maintain the things those people name theirs.

Guinevere · 04-08-2004, 03:41 AM

Finally found it: it's Aragorn speaking to Eomer (as a message to Theoden)

" None may live now as they have lived, and few shall keep what they call their own."

Firefoot · 04-08-2004, 04:37 PM

Yep.

Guinevere · 04-09-2004, 03:02 AM

Thank you, Firefoot .

Quote:

Act like you wish in your craziness, but allow me before to dismount from this steed!"

Mariska Greenleaf · 04-09-2004, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse!

Said Gimli to Legolas.

Evisse the Blue · 04-09-2004, 05:11 AM

"Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse!" A desperate Gimli to Legolas the tree-lover.

EDIT: Mariska, you beat me by a minute!

Mariska Greenleaf · 04-09-2004, 05:34 AM

Quote:

EDIT: Mariska, you beat me by a minute!

Guinevere · 04-09-2004, 07:40 AM

Correct, of course!

Somehow, these are harder to compose than to find out..

Mariska Greenleaf · 04-09-2004, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Somehow, these are harder to compose than to find out..

Quite true, Guinevere.

Quote:

I fear the aged Wood more than no matter what I ever learned : the tales concerning it are a bad dream.

Phew, not easy at all!

Evisse the Blue · 04-09-2004, 02:43 PM

"I am more afrad of the Old Forest than of anything I know about: the stories about it are a nightmare"
Fatty Bolger, A conspiracy unmasked

Mariska Greenleaf · 04-13-2004, 01:11 AM

Yep, that's it!

Evisse the Blue · 05-22-2004, 12:51 AM

I was just about to revive this thread when, I realized - surprise, it was my turn!

"You are fortunate to exist in this location, as well, following the entire nonsensical stuff you have commited since you took leave of your native abode.'

Guinevere · 05-22-2004, 09:15 AM

Ah, this is Gandalf to Frodo when he awakes in Rivendell:
"And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home."

Evisse the Blue · 05-23-2004, 12:52 PM

Yes, exactly!

Guinevere · 05-26-2004, 02:22 PM

thank you, Evisse!

Quote:

"The affection of the Quendi for their country as well as their creations is more profound than the bottom of the ocean and their sorrow is immortal and is at no time entirely to be soothed."

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-06-2004, 02:38 AM

Quote:

The love of the elves for their land and their works is deeper than the deeps of the Sea, and their regret is undying and cannot wholly be assuaged.

That was Galadriel talking to Frodo.

Guinevere · 07-06-2004, 08:18 AM

Yes, exactly, Mariska !

(I already feared that nobody was ever looking at this thread...

)

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-06-2004, 08:29 AM

Quote:

"It is harder to discover men in the forests and plains, replied the hobbit, and if thou are meant to exist on the path, there might be a possibility that thou will be searched for on the path and not away from it."

Once again, this proves to be rather hard to make up...

Firefoot · 07-06-2004, 11:22 AM

Quote:

"It is less easy to find people in the woods and fields," answered Frodo. "And if you are supposed to be on the road, there is some chance that you will be looked for on the road and not off it."

Frodo to Pippin and Sam.

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-07-2004, 02:02 AM

Exactly, good job!

Firefoot · 07-07-2004, 12:19 PM

Quote:

"The murmur of the land is faint and muddled," said the man. "No one strides on it any where near us. Soft and distant are the steps our foes make."

Go for it.

Firefoot · 10-06-2004, 05:27 PM

Anyone? Need a hint?

Guinevere · 10-07-2004, 08:54 AM

"The rumour of the earth is dim and confused," he said. "Nothing walks upon it for many miles about us. Faint and far are the feet of our enemies."

Aragorn to Legolas and Gimli, after pressing his ear to the earth and listening. (In "The riders of Rohan")

I guessed long ago where this quote was (without actually looking it up) but I was too lazy to compose a new one!

03-09-2004, 07:05 AM	#42
luthien-elvenprincess Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: what are you doing here? did you come here to eat my popcorn? Posts: 1,031	Could you give a big hint...maybe from what book this comes? __________________ York Peppermint Patties taste better than Pearson's Peppermint Patties! But, Junior Mints are the best!

03-11-2004, 02:50 AM	#43
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Sure thing! It's from ROTK. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

03-24-2004, 06:22 AM	#44
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I just discovered this challenging game. May I join in? This must be Saruman telling Frodo: "But do not expect me to wish you health and long life. You will have neither. But that is not my doing. I merely foretell." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-24-2004, 06:56 AM	#45
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	welcome :) Correct as always, Guinevere! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

03-25-2004, 03:56 AM	#48
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Correct, Firefoot ! I guess that quote was a bit too well known... Now it's your turn to wrack your brain... __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-26-2004, 02:24 PM	#50
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	That must be Gandalf at the Council of Elrond: "But I spoke yet of my dread to none, knowing the peril of an untimely whisper if it went astray." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-26-2004, 02:43 PM	#51
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Yes, that's it.

03-28-2004, 06:55 PM	#53
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Mind if I join? That would be "They cannot conquer for ever!" by Frodo to Sam at the Crossroads. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

03-29-2004, 12:40 PM	#54
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Yes, exactly! Your turn, Oddwen! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-30-2004, 06:18 AM	#56
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	That would be "Something nearly slipped, you say. I say, something has slipped." Gorbag to Shagrat.

03-30-2004, 07:31 PM	#57
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Absolutely! Your go. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

04-08-2004, 03:41 AM	#59
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Finally found it: it's Aragorn speaking to Eomer (as a message to Theoden) " None may live now as they have lived, and few shall keep what they call their own." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

04-08-2004, 04:37 PM	#60
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Yep.

04-09-2004, 05:11 AM	#63
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	"Do as you please in your madness, but let me first get down from this horse!" A desperate Gimli to Legolas the tree-lover. EDIT: Mariska, you beat me by a minute! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

04-09-2004, 07:40 AM	#65
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Correct, of course! Somehow, these are harder to compose than to find out.. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

04-09-2004, 02:43 PM	#67
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	sounds familiar... "I am more afrad of the Old Forest than of anything I know about: the stories about it are a nightmare" Fatty Bolger, A conspiracy unmasked __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

04-13-2004, 01:11 AM	#68
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Yep, that's it! __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

05-22-2004, 12:51 AM	#69
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	I was just about to revive this thread when, I realized - surprise, it was my turn! "You are fortunate to exist in this location, as well, following the entire nonsensical stuff you have commited since you took leave of your native abode.' __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

05-22-2004, 09:15 AM	#70
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Ah, this is Gandalf to Frodo when he awakes in Rivendell: "And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-23-2004, 12:52 PM	#71
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Yes, exactly! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

07-06-2004, 08:18 AM	#74
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Yes, exactly, Mariska ! (I already feared that nobody was ever looking at this thread... ) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

07-07-2004, 02:02 AM	#77
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Exactly, good job! __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

10-06-2004, 05:27 PM	#79
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Anyone? Need a hint?

10-07-2004, 08:54 AM	#80
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	"The rumour of the earth is dim and confused," he said. "Nothing walks upon it for many miles about us. Faint and far are the feet of our enemies." Aragorn to Legolas and Gimli, after pressing his ear to the earth and listening. (In "The riders of Rohan") I guessed long ago where this quote was (without actually looking it up) but I was too lazy to compose a new one! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!