"I can't do this, Sam."
"I know. It's all wrong. By rights, we shouldn't even be here . . . but we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones 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."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."
8 comments:
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that sam, what a romantic.
I needed this today. Thanks Emily. I love Sam.
I seriously love that quote.
This is my favorite LOTR quote!
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That's totally my favorite LOTR quote, which is saying something, because I LOVE LOTR. :) Thanks for sharing!
Um this is wonderful :) I didn't know you loved LOTR! :) All my roommates don't like it and make fun of me for loving it and I was starting to doubt anyone cool shared my love.
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