Browse more character quotes from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), he fires at Gandalf, who emerges unscathed from the flames, they go out onto the balcony, and see an army of ten thousand Uruk-hai, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). Elrond: Gandalf, for four hundred years, we have lived in peace - a hard-won, watchful peace. The Nine have left Minas Morgul. It would be wise, my friend. [the White Council appears to aid Gandalf]. He was great once, of a noble kind that we should not dare to raise our hands against. Your support helps us continue to discover and share incredible kids books! Hero Orc: The trees are strong, my lord. "Tell me, 'friend', when did Saruman the wise abandon reason for madness?!" I'm not convinced, Gandalf. Saruman: What proof do we have this weapon came from Angmar's grave? Something far more powerful. A ruined and terrible form of life. Sauron is moving at last!
And in any case I do not wish him to be slain in this evil mood. You were deep in the enemy's council. Or perhaps the keys of Barad-Dur itself? Along with the crowns of the seven kings and the rods of the five wizards?
Trolls have come down from the mountains, they are raiding villages, destroying farms. Galadriel: You carry something.
Forests will fall. He is fallen, and his cure is beyond us; but I would still spare him, in the hope that he may find it.”, “And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”. Saruman: [to Gandalf] Against the power of Mordor there can be no victory. Its enemies are utterly doomed, but its friends... Gandalf: You are saying that we should join with Mordor?
To war! For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: Saruman: Something festers in the heart of Middle-Earth. But you choose to stay and gnaw the ends of your own plots.” Gandalf’s fierce rebuke of Saruman in Book III, Chapter 10, shows us the relationship between the good wizard and his former superior, now his enemy.
Can we not take council as we once did, my old friend? Gandalf: No. You might still have turned away from folly and evil, and have been of service. Saruman: Is that all the news you have for me then? Why do the servants of Sauron seek for it in the Shire? A powerful spell lies upon those tombs, they can NOT be opened.
Thousands more are now at risk, but you could save them Saruman. Can we not have peace? DOTARD! A sickness lies over the Greenwood.
Wormtongue: Even if it is breached, it will take a number beyond reckoning, thousands, to storm the keep. My fighting Uruk-Hai.
Saruman: A man of Rohan? Leave none alive. “Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.”, “And here you will stay, Gandalf the Grey, and rest from journeys.
It was swept out to sea by the waters of the Anduin. Gandalf: They speak of a Necromancer living in Dol Guldur, a sorcerer who could summon the dead. He lives a solitary life... Saruman: It's not that. —Saruman and Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring film adaptation The Lord of the Rings film trilogy He is a foolish fellow. Saruman: Does that displease you? When you hang from a gibbit for the sport of your own crows...! I merely foretell.”, “I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you have elected the way of pain. You're all going to die. After one and a half millennia he returned to the West, just as Sauron's power was growin… Well, I go and I will trouble you no more. Whom do you serve? We shall have peace. Gandalf: Is that not enough? We shall have peace, when the lives of the soldiers whose bodies were hewn even as they died against the gates of the Hornberg, are avenged! March to Helm's Deep. 'You have grown, Halfling,' he said. Gandalf confronts Saruman by speaking directly to Theoden, saying "I shall draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound." Saruman: Then he will know his good servants... and his enemies. But that is not my doing. Their roots go deep. You have become a fool, Saruman, and yet pitiable. But do not expect me to wish you health and long life. And in any case I do not wish him to be slain in this evil mood. His attack will come soon. Saruman: [to Gandalf] You did not seriously think that a Hobbit could contend with the will of Sauron, there are none that can. -Saruman”. Saruman: We must join with Him, Gandalf. Saruman: What enemy? Saruman: Gibbits and crows! [he fires at Gandalf, who emerges unscathed from the flames].
Tell me... what words of confort did you give the halfling before you sent him to his doom? Tell us what the Woodsmen say. Saruman: That's absurd. Saruman: You cannot think that this Ranger will ever sit upon the throne of Gondor. I have some for you. For he has not hurt me. For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman the Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours! A new age is upon us, a new power is rising. Gandalf: I have come for your aid Saruman the White, in troubled times. This exile, crept from the shadows, will never be crowned king. The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. Saruman: If the wall is breached, Helm's Deep will fall. Orcs have attacked us on the road! One way or another. 'Yes, you have grown very much. Saruman: [to the army of Isengard] A new power is rising. Smaug owes allegiance to no one, but if he should side with the Enemy... A dragon could be used to terrible effect. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. “Do not kill him even now. You are a lesser son of greater sires.
In the movies, Saruman is presented as a genuine servant of the Dark Lord who has realized that there is no way to win the coming war and that the best option is to side with the overwhelming powerful Sauron. What are you saying Saruman? ", “Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?” asked Merry after a while. In a tomb so dark, it would never come to light. Have you hidden it there? Sauron's forces are already moving. Gandalf: This is true, my lady. You, and I. You know of what I speak, Gandalf: a great Eye, lidless, wreathed in flame. What is the house of Rohan, but a thatched barn where Brigands drink in the reek and the rats roll on the floor with the dogs?
Saruman: So you have come here for information. Saruman: There will be no dawn... for men. When Angmar fell, the Men of the North took his body and all that he possessed and sealed it within the High Fells of Rhudaur. Wormtongue: But, my lord, there is no such force. What time do you think we have? You will have neither. Saruman: [to the Uruk-hai hunting party] Hunt them down. The path that you have set him on can only lead to death.
Let me guess. It's his excessive consumption of mushrooms! Saruman: We have only to remove those who oppose us. Gandalf: [to Saruman] There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will, and he does not share power. Saruman: [to Gandalf] I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you have elected the way of pain!
Come down Saruman, and your life will be spared. Where is the Ring Gandalf? Gandalf: They speak of a Necromancer living in Dol Guldur, a sorcerer who could summon the dead.
Saruman: Because there IS none! His gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh. He went into the East of Middle-earth, as did the two Blue Wizards. Quotes from Tolkien's Novel Isengard: The voice of Saruman. Saruman: Concealed within his fortress, the lord of Mordor sees all. They were elves once, taken by the dark powers, tortured and mutilated. Saruman: [to Gandalf] Your love of the Halfings' leaf has clearly slowed your mind. Saruman: Do you know how the Orcs first came into being? And that Ring was lost long, long ago. We could remain blind to it but it will not be ignoring us, that I can promise you. For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman the Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!" Saruman: The hour is later than you think. By using our site you consent to our use of cookies. Even now he presses his advantage. You will taste man-flesh! It's not so very much.
Gandalf: Saruman, if you do this, if you delay me here, Sauron will surely get it then. Let us examine what we know: A single Orc pack has dared to cross the Bruinen, a dagger from a bygone age has been found and a human sorcerer who calls himself the Necromancer has taken up residence in a ruined fortress. Would you rather see the Dark Lord have it, or Saruman of Many Colours? "Suddenly another voice spoke, low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment.
This night the land will be stained with the blood of Rohan. Theoden: Grima, you are not always as you are, now. Gandalf, the Enemy is defeated. He can never regain his full strength. Welcome back. Galadriel: The dragon has long been on your mind. Saruman: There is a third choice. There was a strange look in his eyes of mingled wonder and respect and hatred. Saruman: The power of Isengard is at your command, Sauron, Lord of the Earth. [they go out onto the balcony, and see an army of ten thousand Uruk-hai].
Gandalf: Are we, are we at peace? You do not know pain, you do not know fear. “And here you will stay, Gandalf the Grey, and rest from journeys. You are a Lesser Son of Greater Sires. Saruman: Rohan, my lord, is ready to fall. To control the other Rings, he needs the One.
Saruman: It is time for us to choose. You are wise, and cruel. Gandalf: And so I thought too, but Radagast had seen... Saruman: Radagast? I hate it and you! Saruman: [voiceover] Moria... You fear to go into those mines. Time enough to counter Sauron if we act quickly. You were once a man of Rohan. Saruman: That's absurd. Stick an arrow in his gob. The Nine are abroad, darkness approaches, the Black Riders! Elrond: This is not possible. Saruman: Always you must meddle, looking for trouble when none exist... Gandalf: There is something at work beyond the evil of Smaug. you have robbed my revenge of sweetness, and now I must go hence in bitterness, in debt to your mercy. We must join with Sauron. But the Great Eye has seen it. Saruman: You have fought many wars and slain many men, Theoden King, and made peace afterwards. He found it in Dol Guldur. Now... perfected. Gandalf: But we still have time. Saruman: They will find the Ring, and kill the one who carries it. Do not stop until they are found.
No such power exists in this world The old world will burn in the fires of industry. Nothing that Elves or Men or Wizards can do will avail against it. Two of the best book quotes from Saruman #1 “Do not kill him even now. Tell us what the Woodsmen say. The key of Orthanc? Saruman: Time?
It came to you from Radagast. For he has not hurt me. If they had come to me, I might have spared them from this disappointment... Galadriel: [while Saruman talks] They are leaving. Saruman: We can deal with Sauron ourselves Gandalf. The victory at Helm's Deep does not belong to you, Théoden, horsemaster! Do not speak to me of Radagast the Brown. Saruman: Together, my lord Sauron, we shall rule this Middle-earth. Gandalf: Your treachary has already cost many lives. Gimli: "Shoot him. The Woodsmen who live there now call it Mirkwood and, uh, they say... Saruman: Well, don't stop now. A new order will rise. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame. With him? What do *you* want, Gandalf Greyhame? After all, the question of this Dwarvish company, however, troubles me deeply. Saruman: [to Galadriel] Are you in need of assistance, my lady? Come down. Gandalf does not hesistate to sacrifice those closest to him, those he professes to love. They've addled his brain and yellowed his teeth! Saruman, in turn, claims he has too much power over the king to be removed without severe Those who listened … But you know this don't you, Gandalf?