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"I wish to be loved by another. And I desire no man's pity"
-Lady Eowyn of Rohan

"Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Eowyn!"
-Captain Faramir of Gondor





This is the page where I will share with you my favorite quotes that Faramir says in Lord of the Rings. Faramir is a character near and dear to my heart. He says things both wise and romantic in the proper times. Have fun reading my favorite of his quotes!

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  • "Lords, you are weary and shall now go to your beds with such ease as can be contrived in haste. But tomorrow fairer housing shall be found for you."

  • "Then it was kindly done, lord, to ride so many miles out of your way to bring tidings to Eowyn, and to speak with her in exile.

  • "But, Aragorn, is it then your errand to seek death,for that is all you will find on that road. Thye do not suffer the living to pass."

  • "Too often I have heard of duty. But am I not of the House of Eorl, a sheildmaiden and not a dry-nurse? I have waited on faltering feed long enough. Since they falter no longer, it seems, may I not now spend my life as I will?"

  • "Shall I always be left behind when the Riders depart, to mind the house while they win renown, and find food and beds when they return?"

  • "All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honor, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. i can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death."

  • "[I fear] a cage. To stay behind bard, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is beyond recal or desire."

  • "Neither have those others who will go with thee. They go only because they would not be parted from thee - becuase they love thee."

  • "Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrioin! Leave the dead in peace."

  • "Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may."

  • "But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you if you touch him."

  • "But I do not desire healing. I wish to ride to war like my brother Eomer, or better like Theoden the king, for he died and has both honor and peace."

  • "How should I ease you care, my lord? And I do not desire the speech of living men."

  • "Look not to me for healing! I am a sheildmaiden and my hand is ungentle."

  • "I do not know what in these days you have found that you could lose. But come, my friend, let us not speak of it! Let us not speak at all! I stand upon some dreadful brink, and it is utterly dark in the abyss before my feet, but whether there is any light behind me I cannot tell. For I cannot turn yet. I wait for some stroke of doom."

  • "Then you think the Darkness is coming? Darkness Unescapeable?"

  • "I do not wish to play at riddles. Speak plainer!"

  • "I wished to be loved by another. And I desire no man's pity."

  • "I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun, and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a sheildmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. No longer do I desire to be a queen."

  • "Then I must leave my own people, man of Gondor? And would you have you proud folk say of you: 'There goes a lord who tamed a wild sheildmaiden of the North! Was there no woman of the race of Numenor to choose?'"

  • "Yet now that I have leave to depart, I would remain. For this House has become to me of all dwellings the most blessed."





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