“Fair speech may hide a foul heart.”
Samwise Gamgee via The Two Towers
The finest rockets ever seen:
they burst in stars of blue and green,
or after thunder golden showers
come falling like a rain of flowers.
via The Fellowship of the Ring
At that moment there was a knock at the door, and Sam came in. He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned hastily away.
“So you heard that Mr. Frodo is going away?” “I did, sir. And that’s why I choked: which you heard seemingly. I tried not to, sir, but it burst out of me: I was so upset.”
Gandalf and Sam via The Fellowship of the Ring
“Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We’re in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you know, told by the fireside, or read out loud of a great big book with red and black letters, years and years afterwards. And people will say: ‘Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring’ and they’ll say ‘Oh yes, that’s one of my favorite stories.”
Samwise Gamgee via The Two Towers
“Have you been eavesdropping?”
“Eavesdropping, sir? I don’t follow you, begging your pardon. There ain’t no eaves at Bag End, and that’s a fact.”
“Don’t be a fool!”
Sam and Gandalf via The Fellowship of the Ring
“You mean to come with me?”
“I do.”
“It’s going to be very dangerous, Sam. It is already dangerous. Most likely neither of us will come back.”
“If you don’t come back, sir, than I shan’t, that’s certain.”
Frodo and Sam via The Fellowship of the Ring
‘“Don’t you leave him!” they said to me. “Leave him!” I said. “I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the Moon; and if any of those Black Riders try to stop him, they’ll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with,” I said.’
Samwise Gamgee via The Fellowship of the Ring
