Legolas: Quotations

The heart of Legolas was running under the stars of a summer night in some northern glade amid the beech-woods. [The Lord of the Rings]

Frodo looked up at the Elf standing tall above him, as he gazed into the night, seeking a mark to shoot at. His head was dark, crowned with sharp white stars that glittered in the black pools of the sky behind. [The Lord of the Rings]

The night grew ever colder. Aragorn and Gimli slept fitfully, and whenever they awoke they saw Legolas standing beside them, or walking to and fro, singing softly to himself in his own tongue, and as he sang the white stars opened in the hard black vault above. So the night passed. [The Lord of the Rings]

The elf was whetting his long knife. There was for a while a lull in the assault, since the attempt to break through the culvert had been foiled. 'twenty-one!' said Gimli. 'Good!' said Legolas. 'But my count is now two dozen. It has been knife-work up here.' [The Lord of the Rings]

About wanting to have some of his kinsfolk to come: Legolas stood before the gate and turned his bright eyes away north and east, and his fair face was troubled. 'I do not think that any would come,' he answered. 'They have no need to ride to war; war already marches on their own lands.' [The Lord of the Rings]

Together the Elf and the Dwarf entered Minas Tirith, and folk that saw them pass marvelled to see such companions; for Legolas was fair of face beyond the measure of Men, and he sang an elven-song in a clear voice as he walked in the morning; but Gimli stalked beside him, stroking his beard and staring about him. [The Lord of the Rings]

'You must not go the Havens, Legolas. There will always be some folk, big or little, and even a few wise dwarves like Gimli, who need you. At least, I hope so. ...' [The Lord of the Rings]

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