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"They are sailing, sailing, sailing over the sea, they are going into the West and leaving us: said Sam, half chanting the words and shaking his head sadly and silently. (Fellowship of the Ring p. 48)
"Eavesdropping, sir? I don't follow you, begging your pardon. There ain't no eaves at Bag End, and that's a fact." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 70)
"I ain't been droppin' no eaves, sir, honest!" (Movie version, Fellowship of the Ring)
Gandalf: "So you heard that Mr. Frodo is going away?"
Sam: "I did, sir. And that's why I choked; which you heard seemingly. I tried not to, sir, but it burst out of me: I was so upset." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 70)
"I could take a lot more yet, sir. My packet is quite light," said Sam stoutly and untruthfully.(Fellowship of the Ring p. 78)
Sam: "This is it"
Frodo: "This is what?"
Sam: "If I take one more step, it will be the furthest away from home I've ever been." (Movie version, Fellowship of the Ring)
"'Elves!' exclaimed Sam n a hoarse whisper, 'Elves, sir!' He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off towards the voices, if they had not pulled him back." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 88)
"Well, sir, if I could grow apples like that, I would call myself a gardener. But it was the singing that went to my heart, if you know what I mean." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 92)
"'If you dont come back, sir, then I shan't, that's certain,' said Sam. 'Don't you leave him! they say to me. Leave him! I said. I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the Moon, and if any of those Black Riders try to stop hi, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with, I said.'" (Fellowship of the Ring p. 97)
"Yes sir. I don't know hot to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want--I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 98)
"'We might try to hurt or frighten this tree to begin with,' said Sam fiercely. 'If it don't let them go, I'll have it down, if I have to gnaw it.'" (Fellowship of the Ring p. 133)
"With a sudden flick quick as lightening, an apple left his hand and hit Bill square on the nose. He ducked too late, and curses came from behind the hedge. 'Waste of a good apple,' said Sam regretfully, and strode on. (Fellowship of the Ring p. 205)
"At that moment there was a knock on the door, and Sam came in. He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned hastily away." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 252)
"Sam had begged to be allowed to wait on his master, but had been told that for this time he was a guest of honor." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 255)
"'But you won't send him off alone, surely, Master?' cried Sam, unable to contain himself any longer, and jumping up from the corner where he had been quietly sitting on the floor.
"'No indeed!' said Elrond, turning towards him with a smile. "'You at least shall go with him. It is hardly possible to separate you from him, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not'" (Fellowship of the Ring p. 304)
[Speaking of Bill the Pony] "That animal can nearly talk...and would talk, if he stayed here much longer. He gave me a look as plain as Mr. Pippin could speak it: if you don't let me go with you, Sam, I'll follow you on my own." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 314)
"'Shelter!' muttered Sam. 'If this is shelter, then one wall and no roof make a house.'" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 325)
"Sam stood sullenly by the pony and retunred no answer. Bill, seeming to understand well what was going on, nuzzled up to him, putting his nose to Sam's ear. Sam burst into thears, and fumbled with the straps, unlading all the pony's packs and throwing them to the ground." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 341)
"Sam, clinging to Frodo's arm, collapsed on a step in the black darkness. 'Poor old Bill!' he said in a choking voice, 'Poor old Bill! Wolves and snakes! But the snakes were too much for him. I had to choose, Mr. Frodo. I had to come with you.'" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 347)
"When thirteen had fallen the rest fled shrieking, leaving the defenders unharmed, except for Sam who had a scratch along the scalp. A quick duck had saved him; and he had felled his orc: a sturdy thrust with his Barrow-blade. A fire was smouldering in his brown eyes that would have made Ted Sandyman step backwards, if he had seen it." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 365)
"Once I do get to sleep...I shall go on sleeping whether I roll off or no. And the less said, the sooner I'll drop off, if you take my meaning." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 386)
"Live and learn! As my gaffer used to say. though he was thinking of gardening, not of roosting like a bird, nor trying to walk like a spider. not even my uncle Andy ever did a trick like that!." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 389)
"I thought that Elves were all for moon and stars: but this is more elvish than anything I ever heard tell of. I feel as if I was inside a song, if you take my meaning." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 393)
"She seemed to be looking inside me and asking me what I would do if she gave me the chance of flying back home to the Shire to a nice little hole with--with a bit of garden of my own." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 401)
"Its the job that's never started as takes longest to finish, as my gaffer used to say." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 405)
"Sam sat on the ground and put his head in his hands. 'I wish I had never come here, and I don't want to see no more magic,' he said and fell silent. After a moment he spoke again thickly, as if struggling with tears. 'No, I'll go home by th elong road with Mr. Frodo, or not at all,' he said. 'But I hope I do get back some day. If what I've seen turns out true, somebody's going to catch it hot!'" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 407)
"'For you, little gardener and lover of trees,' she said to Sam, 'I have only a small gift.' She put into his hand a little box of plain grey wood, unadorned save for a single silver rune upon the lid. 'Here is set G for Galadriel,' she said; 'but also it may stand for garden in your tongue. In this box there is earth from my orchard, and such blessing as Galadriel has still to bestow is upon it. It will not keep you on your road, nor defend you against any peril; but if you keep it and see your home again at last, then perhaps it may reward you.'" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 422)
"It wasn't funny that way, Mr. Frodo, it was queer. All wrong, if it wasn't a dream. And you had best hear it. It was like this: I saw a log with eyes!" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 430)
"What a place! What a horrible place! Just let me get out of this boat, and I'll never wet my toes in a puddle again, let alone a river!" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 442)
Frodo: "But I am going to Mordor."
Sam: "I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I'm coming with you." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 457)
"I made a promise, Mr. Frodo! A promise! Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee! And I don't mean to. I don't mean to." (Movie version, Fellowship of the Ring)
"...I'm coming too, or neither of us isn't going. I'll knock holes in all the boats first." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 457)
The Two Towers
[While gazing at a sleeping Frodo] "I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through somehow. But I love him, whether or no." (The Two Towers p. 291)
"Frodo, Mr. Frodo!" he called, "Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow!" (The Two Towers p. 384)
The Return of the King
"I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam, "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart." (Return of the King p. 232)
"O great glory and splendor! And all my wishes have come true!" (Return of the King p. 249)
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