Colbert quotes LOTR

I love when he goes full nerd! This is a beautiful quote of hope:
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”

[@neo-xy3fr]

This man studies Tolkien like it's bible

[@RedRoadWoman7]

I read the trilogy and saw the movie several times and I did not remember that part. I teared up as Stephen spoke Sam's words and hope pierced my gloom. Stephen, you are a true and faithful Tolkien fan. All I can say (on my knees and bowing) "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy"!

[@mrdadelus]

This remains one of the most hopeful moments of the last decade.

[@TimestampGuy2020]

"I KNOW WHAT THE PLAIN OF GORGOROTH IS" 😂😂😂

[@curbgrinder111]

Holy fuck Stephen was fast with that volcano joke

[@lisanagle3939]

Talk about smart .This man is smart. Love it 😊 😚😚😚😊😂

[@JMEM-to1lu]

So do all who live to see such time but that is not for us to decide what you must decide is what to do with the time that is given to us

[@hecate235]

Oooh, one of my favorite passages from LotR.
And something for Tues from Fellowship of the Ring. "...even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
Vote!!

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

I immediately went to the exact same point Stephen did. It had to be Sam. ❤ I swear the moment where he sees the star and then shortly after starts carrying Frodo❤
Or Gandalf calming Pippin in the battle for Minas Tirith is the next moment that came to my mind ❤

[@Stakhanovites]

Plain of Gorgoroth, New Jersey, Mordor.

[@pieman3141]

ELBERETH GILTHONIEL!!!

[@shreyagokhale7005]

Colbert man

[@carrillo6151]

Gorgoroth is a band where gaahl sings :3

[@d.b.1176]

Calm down Jon.