PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what? GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad. GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.
For me it's a three way split: 1. The scene between Gandalf and Frodo that you mentioned. Just such incredible advice. 2. Gandalf describing Heaven to Pippin at Minas Tirith 3. Sam: "I can't carry it for you, Mr. Frodo, but I can carry you!" I cry reading and watching that scene forever and ever.
"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.”
Pippin: "What is this channel?" Merry: "This, my friend, is 'Pints with Aquinas'." Pippin: "Pints?! It comes in PINTS?!" (I just had to write that. Haha)
Faramir in The Two Towers: "...War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend..."
@@maskedmovieman4303 really? Well alright then. I want to clarify that I don't HATE him in the films, but his presentation in the films deviates so far from his character in the books that I can't love him really in the films. That's all.
@@serenity2228 I would argue the arc he goes through in Two Towers transforms him very close to how he is the books. The biggest difference of course is that in the films he is bitter and cynical towards the beginning, and is willing to take the one ring for Gonder which is the complete opposite of the book. Even though I understand why fans of the book were upset by this I would like to remind them that films and books are totally different mediums. If they met Faramir and he was already like how was in the books that wouldn't have created a lot of drama or action. That's all well and fine in a novel structure, but not in a films. Having Faramir more dark in the beginning allows a lot more tension, drama, and action in the last third of Two Towers.
@@maskedmovieman4303 I can see where you're coming from. It's especially useful for people not familiar with the character from the books I suppose. The thing is, I think that a lot of the development of his character that you're saying the audience would miss if he wasn't the way he was in the films comes in a large scene that was almost entirely left out of the films, the house of healing. I think that scene could have done wonders for bothe faramir and Eowens characters in the films, but then again, time constraints are a thing. All this being said, He's meant to be an archetype and I don't think it's correct that it wouldn't have worked in a film to have him serve as that archetype.
From CS Lewis' The Great Divorce: "Ye see it in smaller matters. Did ye never know a lover of books that with all his first editions and signed copies had lost the power to read them? Or an organiser of charities that had lost all love for the poor? It is the subtlest of all the snares." When I read this I felt as though he were speaking about me. Collecting all these nice looking and wonderful books only to never read them, or only read the first part and never finishing it. So if you ever buy a good book, please do read it.
""You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow!" -Gandalf the Grey
Matt I love you brother. Never have I met you but your work has helped lead me to the Catholic Faith and I could never say thank you again. When I started listening to your podcasts I was going through a lot and with everything going on in life right now, listening to this tonight, those word of Gandalf, couldn’t have had better timing. God bless you brother on your journey. Hope to meet you one day so I can say thank you in person.
Gandalf talking about Saruman: "He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." Similar to GK Chesterton's Fence. IMHO Chesterton and Tolkien are The Catholic Fantastic of authors.
Just finishing.... one of my favorite quotes is what you read actually. "What we must decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" We also like, from the movies, "Po-Tat-o! You know? Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew"
Thanks mate... Now I am moved to tears with your introduction. I am trying to stay strong for my family but we all know that we are in the time of the convergence of the tribulation... What a stunning book... My favourite quote apart from your introduction reading... 'Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old. My kin.'
Favorite part - Eowyn's turnaround in the houses of healing - from being angry independent tom boy to actually accepting help/love. In the book. The movie gives it a weird nod in a dreamy sequence in the extended edition, but the book actually tells the story. The houses of healing possible author cameo by the doctor with the etymological roots for everything is awesome too.
It's a great exposition and development of Faramir's character, too. A real shame that they botched Faramir so badly in the films just to use him as plot development.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - The Riddle of Strider
Can’t pick a favorite but I did get a tattoo of the line you quoted. It’s like a compass for me. When I get anxious about things I can’t control, namely time, this brings me back to the task at hand.
An amazingly imaginative piece of literature. I absolutely love the bespoke book you have been sent. It looks deserving of its own shelf 😊 Craftsmanship is a dying art, but will hopefully have a resurgence with all the mass produced junk we have become accustomed to. LOTR is pretty old by today's standards & I read the books in the 1980s at school. When the movies arrived it absolutely blew my mind that technology had caught up to bring these amazing books to life. The classic tail of Good Vs Evil.
Favorite quote is from the Two Towers and it’s Sam’s monologue! I know. 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 happened. But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. ‘What are we holding on to, Sam?’ That there’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.
This isn’t from the book; it was penned by Peter Jackson. And I don’t mean to be contrarian, but I’ve always found this scene cringey. Both because “there’s some good in the world worth fighting for” is so un-Tolkien, and because Faramir deciding to deliver the Ring to his father and dragging Frodo and Sam back to Osgiliath is utterly ought of character.
Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!! My husband and I LOVE Lord of the Rings! That's incredible. Beautiful. Well done! It's like Christmas. This look like artwork from Alan Lee.
'Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.' was my favorite line in the movies and the books. Felling it every time i watch Return of the king, and ut hit real different in the book when i first read it
[Gandalf] “What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?" "All of them at once," said Bilbo.
The line you picked out is my favorit line in the whole book. I think many people can relate to Frodo for various reasons and I really love Gandalfs answer. I have actually had it written down on a piece of paper above my desk for a few years just to remind me of in day to day life :)
“End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.” -Gandalf I know at least most of this quote comes from the books, but the movie scene is just amazing.
Matt, as someone who took a year and a half of bookbinding in college, you are holding a gem. I’m really intrigued by the binding, and can’t help but wonder if he did it the old fashioned way where it’s sewn together in a way I never learned. (That’s how you get those ridges on the spine, usually it’s just imitated.) So beautiful.
I'm not too familiar with bookbinding, so I'm not exactly sure when they started using machines, but he does it all by hand. So I'd assume the old fashioned way!
Favourite quote - the one you quote: 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 it is not for them to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time given to you. Bilbo was meant to find the ring, and that means that you were too. And that is an encouraging thought (just from the top of my head, may not be word for word).
Two Towers was my favorite book, and even though I only read it once about 20 years ago, I remember Flotsam and Jetsam as one of my favorite chapters. I need to reread LotR now.
There is a great new edition with illustrations and sketches by Tolkien. It cost me about 47,-€. There is also a very expensive 130,-€ One, but the „cheaper“ one is also great. If you need an incentive to get a new edition and reread the book.
Favorite scene is when the Fellowship travels through Moria, specifically at the Chamber of Mazarbul. "Here lies Balin, son of Fundin, Lord of Moria." Gets me every time!
"Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing?” It is is not the most popular but it really stand up to me when i heard it.
What a coincidence, I've just finished reading Fellowship of the Ring for the first time. I shall join you in reading the other books in July and August.
Absolutely gorgeous book Matt! What a beautiful gift. I'm so happy for you, and am going to go straight to the bookbinder's Etsy shop to check it out I wish you had opened up the journal though! Can you show that in another video? My favorite part of Lord of the rings is where gandalf turns to face the demon and he holds up his staff and then slams it down and says You. Shall. Not. Pass! That just reminds me so much of Jesus, and then when the demon grabs him and pulls him down and you think that all's lost. . Then you find out in the next book that gandalf fought the demon off and won. Such a picture of Christ!
Just finished a re-read of this myself, so beautiful. The battle of Pelennor fields is probably the best written chapter of any work literature out there, honestly.
This scene makes me cry every time. "To Sam’s final and complete satisfaction and pure joy, a minstrel of Gondor stood forth, and knelt, and begged leave to sing. And behold! he said: ‘Lo! lords and knights and men of valour unashamed, kings and princes, and fair people of Gondor, and Riders of Rohan, and ye sons of Elrond, and Dúnedain of the North, and Elf and Dwarf, and greathearts of the Shire, and all free folk of the West, now listen to my lay. For I will sing to you of Frodo of the Nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom.’ And when Sam heard that he laughed aloud for sheer delight, and he stood up and cried: ‘O great glory and splendour! And all my wishes have come true!’ And then he wept. And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness."
"It cannot be.....you fell." Aragorn to Gandalf and I also liked when Gimli and Legolas were talking on the wall and it went something like this, Gimli: "Ahh you could've picked a better spot." Legolas: "Shall I describe it for you. Or should I get you a box." I love these two!😆
My favorite quote/section is from The Return of the King, towards the end, "The Field of Cormallen": “And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.”
LOVED this episode! Huge fan of TLOTR trilogy, tradCat like yourself and Ugandan! I love the song Gandalf hums on his return to the Shire at the beginning of the Fellowship of the Ring: "The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can". The only thing missing from TLOTL was a Tridentine Mass!
"Listen to the tales of old wives. It may be that they alone keep in memory what was once needful for the wise to know." also “Do not scorn pity, that is the gift of a gentle heart"
Galadriel and Gimli, when they first met is my favorite scene in the books. I acquired full audible comprehension of English after reading it in English. I guess I've put enough words inside that the language came alive.
@@Sapientiaa bottegaobscura. Just so you know, his items are very limited. He makes them all by hand so he'll make one, list it and then it'll sell out unless he's made a few before he reopens his shop. I bought the Alan lee illustrated edition you see in this video the other day after wanting it for a long time. Currently if you go to his shop he only has the hobbit up, or all 3 individual lord of the rings books up. If you're interested in the one in this video, just message him and he'll send you a link as soon as he posts another one, that's how I got mine.
I love the scene where the hobbits are hiding out with Aragorn in one of the rooms at the Inn & they overhear the Dark Riders screaming & Frodo asks, "What are they?" & Aragorn replies, ""They were once men; great kings of men. Then Sauron the Deceiver gave to them nine Rings of Power. Blinded by their greed, they took them without question, one by one falling into darkness. Now they are slaves to his will."
I absolutely love LOTR. The movies and the books were among the things that brought me back to my faith after I drifted away, and ultimately helped put me on the path to becoming Catholic. It's hard to pick a single favorite part. But several quotes stand out to me. There's a beautiful dialog before the battle at Helm's deep between Gimli and Legolas, as things look hopeless. Legolas says "Oft hope is born when all is forlorn." Is that not our faith? When all seems darkest and without hope, there stands Christ.
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least."
Aragorn: You have some skill with a blade. Eowyn: The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain. Aragorn: What do you fear, my lady? Eowyn: A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire. Aragorn: You are a daughter of kings, a shield maiden of Rohan. I do not think that will be your fate.
I saw these books on etsy, and man I'm living vicariously through you right now because I can't afford that... but no MAPS? In a TOLKIEN BOOK? Nay, they MUST have maps!
Hey, thanks for sharing. That book looks really nice. Not sure what my favorite quote or scene is, as I'm not even half way through, but the parts I've enjoyed most have been when the hobbits were traveling by themselves. There was more of a sense of mystery (since they were all stepping into new territories for the first time) and danger (since they, usually, had no one looking after them as they made their way through, and out of, the Shire). One scene I really enjoyed was when they came across the elves in the forest at night. Some of my favorite quotes, so far, have been Tolkien's beautifully poetic descriptions. Two that come to mind are: ○ "Strange fertive noises ran among the bushes and reeds on either side of them; and if they looked up to the pale sky, they caught sight of queer gnarled and knobbly faces that gloomed dark against the twilight, and leered down at them from the high bank and the edges of the wood. They began to feel that all this country was unreal, and that they were stumbling through and ominous dream that led to no awakening." ○ "It was a pale morning: in the East, behind long clouds like lines of soiled wool stained red at the edges, lay glimmering deeps of yellow. The sky spoke of rain to come; but the light was broadening quickly, and the red flowers on the beans began to glow against the wet green leaves."
There is so much worth quoting. However, what follows is my all time favorite scene in any work of literature ever. “In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dínen. "You cannot enter here," said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. "Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!" The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter. "Old fool!" he said. "Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!" And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the city, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of war nor of wizardry, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn. And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns, in dark Mindolluin's sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the north wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.” There are scenes and quotes with more philosophical depth, but this scene puts front and center what could easily be called the heart of all Tolkien's work and vision... Eucatastrophe.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and 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 us.”
Frodo near the end of Return of the King " How does one pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold."
I discovered your channel during watching an Episode from "Capturing Christianity". I never expected this to be the 1st Video which I got recommended. 👌🏽
There's too many, man. Just thought of another one: Gandalf: "and so here at last comes the end of our fellowship, I will not say do not weep, for not all rears are shed in evil." (Paraphrase)
Favourite part from the book, when Frodo decides what he has to do when the Fellowship is broken at Amon Hen. You can see how he is govern comfort and courage, and you can see how Tolkien wrote in the work of grace moving in the world helping the heroes.
Beautiful books. I personally prefer ebooks now, however, since my eyesight isn't what it once was, and I can manipulate the text size and font style to compensate. Plus, reading on my Kindle app on my laptop in bed, while not necessarily good for my eyes either, leaves my arms and hands free to hold a beverage and bend an elbow, to sit up on my side and so on in my jimjams.
Just read it again last month. This after becoming Catholic in May. So many things that I never noticed before popped out. I also agree on Dostoyevski. Ive read brothers and crime this year. This is the year of the long books.. Now reading a long biography of Padre Pio.
I like that conversation between Legolas and Gimli, where they talk about Imrahil: 'That is a fair lord and a great captain of men,' said Legolas. 'If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising.' 'And doubtless the good stone-work is the older and was wrought in the first building,' said Gimli. 'It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.' 'Yet seldom do they fail of their seed,' said Legolas. 'And that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of Men will outlast us, Gimli.' 'And yet come to naught in the end but might-have-beens, I guess,' said the Dwarf. 'To that the Elves know not the answer,' said Legolas. - I guess I like how it seems that Tolkien is addressing us (the reader... 'men') asking the same question: So what will you do? Will you just be a 'might-have-been' as Gimli thinks, or live up to what you are called to be - a 'fair lord and great captain of men' (aka, a saint in the middle of the world).
As an amateur bookbinder who strongly dislikes rebinding new books (mostly because I hate the HMA they use on some sewn bindings), from what I can see, it really looks like Niccolò did an awesome job. I'm not that into an aged look (unless it's real, but even then I'd consider rebinding it), but when it's done well, it's a beauty, and this one... well, it's a beaut Clark, it's a beaut.
“You are men of Gondor. Whatever comes through that gate will be terrible, but stand firm.”
Run away! Run away!
“That there’s some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.” - Samwise Gamgee
Not in the book.
PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.
GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?
GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.
GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.
Yes! One of my favorites!
One of the best, arguably my favorite.
This was used in an obituary in the newspaper for my little girls passing. It is my favourite and it always gives me hope for our reunion one day.
Yeeeeesss
“A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.”
Gandalf's wife: "ok sure"
@@FalconOfStorms you mean boyfriend
Giggity
Did you know that Tolkien did not write those words? Those were written by Peter Jackson's partner for the movie
For me it's a three way split:
1. The scene between Gandalf and Frodo that you mentioned. Just such incredible advice.
2. Gandalf describing Heaven to Pippin at Minas Tirith
3. Sam: "I can't carry it for you, Mr. Frodo, but I can carry you!" I cry reading and watching that scene forever and ever.
"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.”
My favorite quote from the series. In fact, one of my favorite quotes of anything I’ve read. Ever.
Pippin: "What is this channel?"
Merry: "This, my friend, is 'Pints with Aquinas'."
Pippin: "Pints?! It comes in PINTS?!"
(I just had to write that. Haha)
Fire 😂😂😂😂😂
Faramir in The Two Towers: "...War must be, while we defend
our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do
not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for
its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that
which they defend..."
Man they botched Faramir so badly in the films. He deserved MUCH better.
@@serenity2228 I loved Faramir in the films.
@@maskedmovieman4303 really? Well alright then. I want to clarify that I don't HATE him in the films, but his presentation in the films deviates so far from his character in the books that I can't love him really in the films. That's all.
@@serenity2228 I would argue the arc he goes through in Two Towers transforms him very close to how he is the books. The biggest difference of course is that in the films he is bitter and cynical towards the beginning, and is willing to take the one ring for Gonder which is the complete opposite of the book.
Even though I understand why fans of the book were upset by this I would like to remind them that films and books are totally different mediums. If they met Faramir and he was already like how was in the books that wouldn't have created a lot of drama or action. That's all well and fine in a novel structure, but not in a films. Having Faramir more dark in the beginning allows a lot more tension, drama, and action in the last third of Two Towers.
@@maskedmovieman4303 I can see where you're coming from. It's especially useful for people not familiar with the character from the books I suppose. The thing is, I think that a lot of the development of his character that you're saying the audience would miss if he wasn't the way he was in the films comes in a large scene that was almost entirely left out of the films, the house of healing. I think that scene could have done wonders for bothe faramir and Eowens characters in the films, but then again, time constraints are a thing. All this being said, He's meant to be an archetype and I don't think it's correct that it wouldn't have worked in a film to have him serve as that archetype.
From CS Lewis' The Great Divorce:
"Ye see it in smaller matters. Did ye never know a lover of books that with all his first
editions and signed copies had lost the power to read them? Or an organiser of charities that had lost all love for the poor? It is the subtlest of all the snares."
When I read this I felt as though he were speaking about me. Collecting all these nice looking and wonderful books only to never read them, or only read the first part and never finishing it. So if you ever buy a good book, please do read it.
""You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow!" -Gandalf the Grey
Matt I love you brother. Never have I met you but your work has helped lead me to the Catholic Faith and I could never say thank you again. When I started listening to your podcasts I was going through a lot and with everything going on in life right now, listening to this tonight, those word of Gandalf, couldn’t have had better timing. God bless you brother on your journey. Hope to meet you one day so I can say thank you in person.
“If I take one more step it will be the farthest away from home I’ve ever been”
Matt Fradd would make a good Hobbit.
Gandalf talking about Saruman: "He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." Similar to GK Chesterton's Fence. IMHO Chesterton and Tolkien are The Catholic Fantastic of authors.
Beautiful Matt, I'm soo happy for you! My absolute favourite quote is the one you read at the beginning. Gets me every time.
“There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.”
Just finishing.... one of my favorite quotes is what you read actually. "What we must decide is what to do with the time that is given to us"
We also like, from the movies, "Po-Tat-o! You know? Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew"
Thanks mate... Now I am moved to tears with your introduction. I am trying to stay strong for my family but we all know that we are in the time of the convergence of the tribulation...
What a stunning book...
My favourite quote apart from your introduction reading... 'Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old. My kin.'
"In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. We are not bound forever by the circles of this world, and beyond them is more than memory."
I love the Lord of the Rings so very much, so glad you're taking the time to enjoy it!
Favorite part - Eowyn's turnaround in the houses of healing - from being angry independent tom boy to actually accepting help/love. In the book. The movie gives it a weird nod in a dreamy sequence in the extended edition, but the book actually tells the story. The houses of healing possible author cameo by the doctor with the etymological roots for everything is awesome too.
It's a great exposition and development of Faramir's character, too. A real shame that they botched Faramir so badly in the films just to use him as plot development.
Faramir and Eowyn are my two favourite characters.
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king." - The Riddle of Strider
Amen to that 🙏🏻
Can’t pick a favorite but I did get a tattoo of the line you quoted. It’s like a compass for me. When I get anxious about things I can’t control, namely time, this brings me back to the task at hand.
An amazingly imaginative piece of literature. I absolutely love the bespoke book you have been sent.
It looks deserving of its own shelf 😊
Craftsmanship is a dying art, but will hopefully have a resurgence with all the mass produced junk we have become accustomed to.
LOTR is pretty old by today's standards & I read the books in the 1980s at school. When the movies arrived it absolutely blew my mind that technology had caught up to bring these amazing books to life.
The classic tail of Good Vs Evil.
Favorite quote is from the Two Towers and it’s Sam’s monologue!
I know.
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 happened.
But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow.
Even darkness must pass.
A new day will come.
And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.
Those were the stories that stayed with you.
That meant something.
Even if you were too small to understand why.
But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand.
I know now.
Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t.
Because they were holding on to something.
‘What are we holding on to, Sam?’
That there’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.
Agreed. Best quote by far!
Good will always triumph over evil in the end! God is good!
Samwise the Brave, I want to hear more about him.
This isn’t from the book; it was penned by Peter Jackson.
And I don’t mean to be contrarian, but I’ve always found this scene cringey. Both because “there’s some good in the world worth fighting for” is so un-Tolkien, and because Faramir deciding to deliver the Ring to his father and dragging Frodo and Sam back to Osgiliath is utterly ought of character.
Not in the book.
Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!! My husband and I LOVE Lord of the Rings! That's incredible. Beautiful. Well done!
It's like Christmas. This look like artwork from Alan Lee.
"One does not simply walk into Mordor"
"No, one rushes into it." ...Just kidding 😄
That's beautiful! Amazing craftsmanship
'Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in
two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and
to do.' was my favorite line in the movies and the books. Felling it every time i watch Return of the king, and ut hit real different in the book when i first read it
Thank you for the red arrow in the thumbnail. That seriously helped me to identify the location of the book that the title is referring to!
Too many favorites, but "Not all who wander are lost"
[Gandalf] “What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
"All of them at once," said Bilbo.
The line you picked out is my favorit line in the whole book. I think many people can relate to Frodo for various reasons and I really love Gandalfs answer. I have actually had it written down on a piece of paper above my desk for a few years just to remind me of in day to day life :)
“End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.” -Gandalf
I know at least most of this quote comes from the books, but the movie scene is just amazing.
Agree. This description of death makes it rainy in my house every time.
@@sttommore absolutely
Matt, as someone who took a year and a half of bookbinding in college, you are holding a gem. I’m really intrigued by the binding, and can’t help but wonder if he did it the old fashioned way where it’s sewn together in a way I never learned. (That’s how you get those ridges on the spine, usually it’s just imitated.) So beautiful.
I'm not too familiar with bookbinding, so I'm not exactly sure when they started using machines, but he does it all by hand. So I'd assume the old fashioned way!
Favourite quote - the one you quote: 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 it is not for them to decide.
All you have to decide is what to do with the time given to you.
Bilbo was meant to find the ring, and that means that you were too.
And that is an encouraging thought (just from the top of my head, may not be word for word).
What a great idea to give you a journal.... lovely !
Two Towers was my favorite book, and even though I only read it once about 20 years ago, I remember Flotsam and Jetsam as one of my favorite chapters. I need to reread LotR now.
There is a great new edition with illustrations and sketches by Tolkien. It cost me about 47,-€. There is also a very expensive 130,-€ One, but the „cheaper“ one is also great. If you need an incentive to get a new edition and reread the book.
That is a true work of art. The person who made it should be very very proud.
Is this still available? The link in the description doesn't work.
That is gorgeous. I’m sure it will end up in my library.
Favorite scene is when the Fellowship travels through Moria, specifically at the Chamber of Mazarbul. "Here lies Balin, son of Fundin, Lord of Moria." Gets me every time!
"Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing?” It is is not the most popular but it really stand up to me when i heard it.
What a coincidence, I've just finished reading Fellowship of the Ring for the first time. I shall join you in reading the other books in July and August.
AMAZING books! I’ve read them all about 3 times now and it gets better every time. And the movies are also pretty good!
Too bad the Etsy link doesn't work :(
Absolutely gorgeous book Matt! What a beautiful gift. I'm so happy for you, and am going to go straight to the bookbinder's Etsy shop to check it out I wish you had opened up the journal though! Can you show that in another video? My favorite part of Lord of the rings is where gandalf turns to face the demon and he holds up his staff and then slams it down and says You. Shall. Not. Pass! That just reminds me so much of Jesus, and then when the demon grabs him and pulls him down and you think that all's lost. . Then you find out in the next book that gandalf fought the demon off and won. Such a picture of Christ!
Where is it possible to buy this book?
Just finished a re-read of this myself, so beautiful. The battle of Pelennor fields is probably the best written chapter of any work literature out there, honestly.
Wonderful! Matt needs to read the Silmarillion after this!!!
Whats the name of the company who made this book ? :)
It looks amazing
This scene makes me cry every time.
"To Sam’s final and complete satisfaction and pure joy, a minstrel of Gondor stood forth, and knelt, and begged leave to sing. And behold! he said:
‘Lo! lords and knights and men of valour unashamed, kings and princes, and fair people of Gondor, and Riders of Rohan, and ye sons of Elrond, and Dúnedain of the North, and Elf and Dwarf, and greathearts of the Shire, and all free folk of the West, now listen to my lay. For I will sing to you of Frodo of the Nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom.’
And when Sam heard that he laughed aloud for sheer delight, and he stood up and cried: ‘O great glory and splendour! And all my wishes have come true!’ And then he wept.
And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness."
That book looks epic! Great vid!
"It cannot be.....you fell." Aragorn to Gandalf and I also liked when Gimli and Legolas were talking on the wall and it went something like this, Gimli: "Ahh you could've picked a better spot." Legolas: "Shall I describe it for you. Or should I get you a box." I love these two!😆
The Grey Havens always has me in tears, both in the novel and film
"My friends. You bow to no one". That scene gets me every time.
Doesn’t seem to be available anymore…bummer! Beautiful book!!
My favorite quote/section is from The Return of the King, towards the end, "The Field of Cormallen":
“And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.”
Wow!! That is a beautiful book!
LOVED this episode! Huge fan of TLOTR trilogy, tradCat like yourself and Ugandan! I love the song Gandalf hums on his return to the Shire at the beginning of the Fellowship of the Ring: "The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can". The only thing missing from TLOTL was a Tridentine Mass!
"Listen to the tales of old wives. It may be that they alone keep in memory what was once needful for the wise to know."
also
“Do not scorn pity, that is the gift of a gentle heart"
Galadriel and Gimli, when they first met is my favorite scene in the books.
I acquired full audible comprehension of English after reading it in English. I guess I've put enough words inside that the language came alive.
These books would make fantastic heirlooms “I shall have to acquire some sons and grandsons.”- Little Finger
Anyone know the name of the etsy seller as the item is unavailable.
Am I really about to buy ANOTHER copy of this book?
Yes. Yes I am.
Where is it possible to buy this book?
Folofus, what is the Etsy account? I can’t find them anymore. I’d like to contact them.
@@Sapientiaa bottegaobscura. Just so you know, his items are very limited. He makes them all by hand so he'll make one, list it and then it'll sell out unless he's made a few before he reopens his shop. I bought the Alan lee illustrated edition you see in this video the other day after wanting it for a long time. Currently if you go to his shop he only has the hobbit up, or all 3 individual lord of the rings books up. If you're interested in the one in this video, just message him and he'll send you a link as soon as he posts another one, that's how I got mine.
@@NYC_Goody TY, when I found his name again on Etsy I contacted him.
@@Sapientiaa oh, you already found him? Did you manage to order a copy yet?
I love the scene where the hobbits are hiding out with Aragorn in one of the rooms at the Inn & they overhear the Dark Riders screaming & Frodo asks, "What are they?" & Aragorn replies, ""They were once men; great kings of men. Then Sauron the Deceiver gave to them nine Rings of Power. Blinded by their greed, they took them without question, one by one falling into darkness. Now they are slaves to his will."
I absolutely love LOTR. The movies and the books were among the things that brought me back to my faith after I drifted away, and ultimately helped put me on the path to becoming Catholic. It's hard to pick a single favorite part. But several quotes stand out to me. There's a beautiful dialog before the battle at Helm's deep between Gimli and Legolas, as things look hopeless. Legolas says "Oft hope is born when all is forlorn." Is that not our faith? When all seems darkest and without hope, there stands Christ.
I feel sorry for you
@@Draconis84 I'm not sure why.
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least."
This is my favorite! Time to re read it, been far too long!
Aragorn: You have some skill with a blade.
Eowyn: The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain.
Aragorn: What do you fear, my lady?
Eowyn: A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.
Aragorn:
You are a daughter of kings, a shield maiden of Rohan. I do not think that will be your fate.
Where can I get a copy of the first book you showed before the opening? It looks really nice!
I saw these books on etsy, and man I'm living vicariously through you right now because I can't afford that... but no MAPS? In a TOLKIEN BOOK? Nay, they MUST have maps!
The scene where Sam looks up and sees Eärendil and finds high hope that there is the good and beautiful that I’d beyond the reach of all evil.
Sold out! I wish it need not have happened in my time....
Any know if this will be available again??
Hey, thanks for sharing. That book looks really nice.
Not sure what my favorite quote or scene is, as I'm not even half way through, but the parts I've enjoyed most have been when the hobbits were traveling by themselves. There was more of a sense of mystery (since they were all stepping into new territories for the first time) and danger (since they, usually, had no one looking after them as they made their way through, and out of, the Shire).
One scene I really enjoyed was when they came across the elves in the forest at night. Some of my favorite quotes, so far, have been Tolkien's beautifully poetic descriptions.
Two that come to mind are:
○ "Strange fertive noises ran among the bushes and reeds on either side of them; and if they looked up to the pale sky, they caught sight of queer gnarled and knobbly faces that gloomed dark against the twilight, and leered down at them from the high bank and the edges of the wood. They began to feel that all this country was unreal, and that they were stumbling through and ominous dream that led to no awakening."
○ "It was a pale morning: in the East, behind long clouds like lines of soiled wool stained red at the edges, lay glimmering deeps of yellow. The sky spoke of rain to come; but the light was broadening quickly, and the red flowers on the beans began to glow against the wet green leaves."
I feel like it should be okay to do Lectio Divina from Lord of the Rings...
Hello Jonathan
I have no idea how I found you here but I was scrolling through the comments and saw your name so I had to respond 😅
Ok I'm not the only weird one that smells books lol
Any true book lover does.
@@tryingnottobeasmartass757 True
There is so much worth quoting. However, what follows is my all time favorite scene in any work of literature ever.
“In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl. A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face.
All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath Dínen.
"You cannot enter here," said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. "Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!"
The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders vast and dark. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter.
"Old fool!" he said. "Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!" And with that he lifted high his sword and flames ran down the blade.
And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the city, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of war nor of wizardry, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.
And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns, in dark Mindolluin's sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the north wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.”
There are scenes and quotes with more philosophical depth, but this scene puts front and center what could easily be called the heart of all Tolkien's work and vision... Eucatastrophe.
Only a true student of Tolkien knows that term ;-)
For us it will be the Lord's glorious returning -- hoped for, but unlooked for.
Maranatha!
'I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread" by Bilbo is one of my favorite quotes. Very relatable at times
What gear do you use?
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and 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 us.”
Love these lines!!!
Agree with you.
what edition is this?
I'm curious as to what multi tool you have there Matt
Where did Antonio go? The link seems not to work.
Uh, so what was the smaller wrapped package? And where is that guy's Etsy page? The link you provided is to an item that no longer exists.
hi there where would i buy lotr book like this please
Frodo near the end of Return of the King " How does one pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold."
About to order this from him with my last name on the lower back. Hope for it to be a generational gift for my family long after im gone
I discovered your channel during watching an Episode from "Capturing Christianity". I never expected this to be the 1st Video which I got recommended. 👌🏽
There's too many, man. Just thought of another one:
Gandalf: "and so here at last comes the end of our fellowship, I will not say do not weep, for not all rears are shed in evil." (Paraphrase)
What was the first book you said was your favorite, you said it so fast I can’t make it out.
I did literally finish Crime and Punishment yesterday🤣
Does anyone have a link to this creator on etsy?
Favourite part from the book, when Frodo decides what he has to do when the Fellowship is broken at Amon Hen. You can see how he is govern comfort and courage, and you can see how Tolkien wrote in the work of grace moving in the world helping the heroes.
Whats the name of this edition
Beautiful books. I personally prefer ebooks now, however, since my eyesight isn't what it once was, and I can manipulate the text size and font style to compensate. Plus, reading on my Kindle app on my laptop in bed, while not necessarily good for my eyes either, leaves my arms and hands free to hold a beverage and bend an elbow, to sit up on my side and so on in my jimjams.
Just read it again last month. This after becoming Catholic in May. So many things that I never noticed before popped out. I also agree on Dostoyevski. Ive read brothers and crime this year. This is the year of the long books.. Now reading a long biography of Padre Pio.
I like that conversation between Legolas and Gimli, where they talk about Imrahil:
'That is a fair lord and a great captain of men,' said Legolas. 'If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising.'
'And doubtless the good stone-work is the older and was wrought in the first building,' said Gimli. 'It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.'
'Yet seldom do they fail of their seed,' said Legolas. 'And that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of Men will outlast us, Gimli.'
'And yet come to naught in the end but might-have-beens, I guess,' said the Dwarf.
'To that the Elves know not the answer,' said Legolas.
- I guess I like how it seems that Tolkien is addressing us (the reader... 'men') asking the same question: So what will you do? Will you just be a 'might-have-been' as Gimli thinks, or live up to what you are called to be - a 'fair lord and great captain of men' (aka, a saint in the middle of the world).
As an amateur bookbinder who strongly dislikes rebinding new books (mostly because I hate the HMA they use on some sewn bindings), from what I can see, it really looks like Niccolò did an awesome job. I'm not that into an aged look (unless it's real, but even then I'd consider rebinding it), but when it's done well, it's a beauty, and this one... well, it's a beaut Clark, it's a beaut.
It’s no longer available. What is their Etsy account called?
It's available.
This copy is no longer available...😔
It is my very favorite book of all time....I may be a bit obsessed....