Memorable Quotes from Nathaniel Lees
3 quotesUnexpected Encounter in a Crisis Situation
Mifune
What the shit is going on over here?!
Kid
An accident, sir! I didn’t see… I’m sorry!
Mifune
Who the hell are you?!
Kid
I’m here to volunteer, sir.
Mifune
What’s a pod-born pencil-neck like you doin’ volunteering for my corps?!
Kid
I wanna do my part, sir! We gotta hold the dock!
Mifune
How old are you, kid?!
Kid
Eighteen.
Mifune
Shoulda said sixteen, I mighta believed that!
Kid
Okay, I’m sixteen.
Mifune
Minimal age for the corps is eighteen, sixteen’s too young!
Kid
The machines don’t care how old I am! They’ll kill me just the same!
Mifune
Ain’t that the goddamned truth!
Kid
Give me a chance, sir! I won’t let you down!
Mifune
You do… you’ll find me and the machines have something in common.
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Struggles and Choices in a Dark World
Elrond
He will come to death, an image of the splendour of the kings of men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world. But you, my daughter, you will linger on in darkness and in doubt, as nightfall in winter that comes without a star. Here you will dwell, bound to your grief, under the fading trees, until all the world is changed and the long years of your life are utterly spent.
Faramir
A chance for Faramir, captain of Gondor, to show his quality.
Frodo
This is Sting. You've seen it before, haven't you... Gollum. Release him, or I'll cut your throat!
Gimli
Three days and nights pursuit. No food, no rest! Nor a sign of a quarry of what a bare rock can tell!
Gimli
I'm wasted on cross-country! We dwarves are natural sprinters! Very dangerous over short distances!
Merry
The fires of Isengard will spread. And the woods of Tuckborough and Buckland will burn. And all that was once green and good in this world will be gone. There won't be a Shire, Pippin.
Treebeard
It takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.
Treebeard
Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn.
Uglúk
I don't take orders from orc maggots.
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Debate Over Food Among Orcs
Mauhúr
I'm starving! We ain't had nothing but maggoty bread for three stinking days!
Snaga
Yeah! Why can't we have some meat? What about them? They're fresh!
Uglúk
They are not for eating!
Grishnákh
What about their legs? They don't need those. Ooh, they look tasty...!
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