Most scenes together: Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee (4), Gandalf the Grey & Bilbo Baggins (3), Gandalf the Grey & Saruman the White (2)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring quotes
Page 1 of 8I choose a mortal life.
You cannot give me this.
It is mine to give to whom I will. Like my heart.
No, thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations!
And what about very old friends?
It's mine... my own... My precious...
"Precious"? It's been called that before, but not by you.
My dear Bagginses and Boffins... Tooks and Brandybucks... Grubbs... Chubbs... and Proudfoots!
Proudfeet!
Before you came along, we Bagginses were very well thought of.
Indeed?
Never had any adventures or did anything unexpected.
If you’re referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door.
Whatever you did, you've been officially labeled a 'disturber of the peace.'
Go back, Sam! I'm going to Mordor alone.
Of course you are. And I'm coming with you!
There's something down there!
It's Gollum.
Gollum?
He's been following us for three days.
He escaped the dungeons of Barad-dûr?
Escaped... or was set loose. Now the Ring has drawn him here. He hates and loves the Ring, as he hates and loves himself. He will never be rid of his need for it. Sméagol's life is a sad story. Yes, Sméagol he was once called... before the Ring found him. Before it drove him mad.
It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.
Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many who live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play, for good or ill, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.
I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
So do all who live to see such times; but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
Will you look into the mirror?
What will I see?
Even the wisest cannot tell. For the mirror shows many things. Things that were, things that are, and some things... that have not yet come to pass.
Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee! Have you been eavesdropping?!
I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you'll follow me.
A little late for trimming the verge, don't you think?
I heard raised voices—
What did you hear? Speak!
N-nothing important! That is, I heard a good deal about a Ring and Dark Lord and something about the end of the world, but... Please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.
Frodo suspects something.
Of course he does! He's a Baggins! Not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle.
It is in Men that we must place our hope.
Men? Men are weak. The race of Men is failing. The Blood of Númenor is all but spent, its pride and dignity forgotten. It is because of Men the Ring survives. I was there, Gandalf. I was there three thousand years ago, when Isildur took the Ring. I was there the day the strength of Men failed.
Soon, Master Elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves: roaring fires, malt beer, red meat off the bone.
I thought I'd lost you!
What are you talking about?
It's just something Gandalf said.
What did he say?
"Don't you lose him, Samwise Gamgee", and I don't mean to.
If I take one more step, I'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been.
Come on, Sam. Remember what Bilbo used to say: "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no telling where you might be swept off to."