"Minor works" Quotes - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Guinevere · 01-08-2005, 11:39 AM

Found it at last: it is Tídwald speaking to Totta.
(after having suggested to Totta to use Beorhtnoth's body as a pillow, Totta calls Tídwald a brute.)

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-08-2005, 11:43 AM

She's got it! By Jove, she's got it! Well done, Guinevere. Pray proceed.

Guinevere · 01-09-2005, 03:27 PM

thank you, Estelyn!

Here is another quote (rather proverb-like

)

Quote:

Least said, soonest mended; or patched.

If it's too short, I can add a bit more.

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-11-2005, 07:14 AM

That's an interesting quote - it has both a figurative and a literal meaning in that context. Artaxerxes is speaking to Roverandom.

Guinevere · 01-11-2005, 12:37 PM

Exactly!

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-11-2005, 02:13 PM

Looking for fellowship:

Quote:

I must go and find a friend

Guinevere · 01-20-2005, 01:22 PM

The lonely Troll in "Perry-the-Winkle" thinks this, before setting out to the Shire.

01-08-2005, 11:39 AM	#1
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Found it at last: it is Tídwald speaking to Totta. (after having suggested to Totta to use Beorhtnoth's body as a pillow, Totta calls Tídwald a brute.) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

01-08-2005, 11:43 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	She's got it! By Jove, she's got it! Well done, Guinevere. Pray proceed. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-11-2005, 07:14 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's an interesting quote - it has both a figurative and a literal meaning in that context. Artaxerxes is speaking to Roverandom. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-11-2005, 12:37 PM	#5
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Exactly! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

01-20-2005, 01:22 PM	#7
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	The lonely Troll in "Perry-the-Winkle" thinks this, before setting out to the Shire. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!