"We shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more about it before we started. But I suppose it's often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories went out and looked for, because they wanted them, because they were exciting and life was a bit dull, a kind of a sport, as you might say. But that's not the way of it with the tales that really mattered, or the ones that stay in the mind. Folk seem to have been just landed in them, usually — their paths were laid that way, as you put it. But I expect they had lots of chances, like us, of turning back, only they didn't. And if they had, we shouldn't know, because they'd have been forgotten. We hear about those as just went on — and not all to a good end, mind you; at least not to what folk inside a story and not outside it call a good end. You know, coming home, and finding things all right, though not quite the same — like old Mr Bilbo. But those aren't always the best tales to hear, though they may be the best tales to get landed in! I wonder what sort of a tale we've fallen into?"
I love that quote... Sam is ever hopeful, loyal, brave, more courageous than a king, simple, loving, and a wonderful friend. Oh yes, here's the part in the movie that was derived from that quote... One of the best parts in all three of the movies. :)
Sam: "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, its only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, and meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folks in those stories had lots of chances of turnin' back, only they didn't. They kept goin', because they were holdin' on to somethin'."
Frodo: "What are we holding onto, Sam?"
Sam: "That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fightin' for."
Oh my goodness... I feel like crying and laughing at that part, every time I watch it. :) Sam's hope and courage in the face of seemingly undefeatable darkness is amazing... and his words are so true. :)
I hope you're all having a wonderful after-Christmastime! ;)That's directly from my friend's blog. I watched The Two Towers the other night and decided I had to put that quote on here.....Then I checked her blog and guess what she put on there! So instead of typing it out myself, I copy-and-pasted.
I'd say that Samwise Gamgee the Brave is one of my favorite LotR characters. If I were a hobbit, I'd wish I were Rosie Cotton. =)
The other day, while scanning through radio stations, I discovered "Owl City." I'd seen Matt featuring them on his Free Christian Music Blog, *doesabitofshamelessplugging* but always forgot to check 'em out. Anyway, a song caught my attention, so I stopped and listened to it. Lo and behold, it was the people I'd been meaning to look up! So here's "Fireflies" by Owl City.
I'm still not sure of what the song means, or if it really has a meaning, but it's kind of catchy isn't it?
I'm working on my 2010 To-Do List. One of the things I want to do is consistently post twice weekly. Keep me to it!!
I'll go ahead and get my second post ready to go on Saturday. So long!
~Kiwi~
p.s. did the title catch your attention?
