Aragorn to Merry: "You are not fit for such a journey,’ said Aragorn. ‘But do not be ashamed. If you do no more in this war, you have already earned great honour."
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
Voronwë the Faithful wrote:Aragorn to Merry: "You are not fit for such a journey,’ said Aragorn. ‘But do not be ashamed. If you do no more in this war, you have already earned great honour."
Was that after Pelenor and before they marched to the Black Gate?
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
It's been a while since we have doing anything from Unfinished Tales. This one is.
out of service. I'm scared to touch it.
[Note: the original was two full sentences.]
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
Voronwë the Faithful wrote:
out of service. I'm scared to touch it.
Are you sure that wasn't just an IT message on the website??
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
I think I found it. From The Disaster of Gladden Fields:
I cannot use it. I dread the pain of touching it.
Clearly I'm overdue for a re-read of this. I was surprised when Isildur went on to say he was planning to turn it over to one of the keepers of the Three elven rings. This totally changes my view of him.
Whether he would have gone on to do so, had he survived, is open to debate...
(You probably have seen that a new 40th Anniversary Illustrated Edition is being released this month, the first book ever to be illustrated by John Howe, Alan Lee AND Ted Naismith). I'm not big on getting multiple editions of a book that I already own, but this one might be worth it.)
Your turn!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."