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Athrabeth na Dorthonion
Artaquetta Sondinóresse
'But
why dost thou say 'mere words'? Do not words overpass the gulf between
one life and another? Between thee and me surely more has passed than
empty sound?' ~Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
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Varnafindë
Nandor
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
Posts: 142
Location: Rivendell, sometimes Norway
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 Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: Signature history |
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Many of us like to have nice quotes in our signatures, not just a credit for our avatar.
Sometimes we change that quote after a while, when we find another that
we prefer or one that is especially appropriate for a given situation.
This is a place where we can post our signature quotes so that they
can be saved for posterity even after we have changed them. If you
like, you can also write some more about the background for the quote
and something about why you chose it.
If you change it, then come back and post another!
I'll start with my own current one:
| Quote: | | Nai tengwestie nóle kalyuva kuilelya |
which is said to mean
'May the study of Language illuminate your life'
I found it on http://www.elvish.org/articles/LRH.html,
a page maintained by Carl F. Hostetter.
Because I like linguistics. 
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Nai tengwestie nóle kalyuva kuilelya!
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Findaráto
Hewer of Web Sites
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
Posts: 208
Location: Nargothrond
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | 'But
why dost thou say 'mere words'? Do not words overpass the gulf between
one life and another? Between thee and me surely more has passed than
empty sound?' ~Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth |
Well, as I've stated somewhere else, the Athrabeth is my favorite work
by Tolkien. That said, it's hard to find a good quote from it. I was
reading it for the upteenth time a week or so ago and came across this
quote that I'd read tons of times, but it had never struck me how
beautiful it was. It touches me somehow - I think because so many of my
friends are online and I only know them through 'words' - either spoken
on the phone or typed online, and also because it makes me remember all
the deep late night conversations and bearing of souls that I've had
with those I care about in real life.
Kind of deep, I guess, but it just touched me. 
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'But
why dost thou say 'mere words'? Do not words overpass the gulf between
one life and another? Between thee and me surely more has passed than
empty sound?'
~Finrod, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
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Eluchil
Atani
Joined: 26 Apr 2008
Posts: 21
Location: Menegroth
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Tolkien, in UT, wrote: | | "But
behold!" said he, "in the armour of Fate (as the Children of Earth name
it) there is ever a rift, and in the walls of Doom a breach, until the
full-making, which ye call the End. So it shall be while I endure, a
secret voice that gainsayeth, and a light where darkness was decreed." |
Well, I chose this quote because I consider it as being a wonderfull
sentence on free will and freedom, and for its vocal theme. And I like
Ulmo 
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"But
behold!" said he, "in the armour of Fate (as the Children of Earth name
it) there is ever a rift, and in the walls of Doom a breach, until the
full-making, which ye call the End. So it shall be while I endure, a
secret voice that gainsayeth, and a light where darkness was decreed."
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Glorfindel's Ward
Avari
Joined: 28 Apr 2008
Posts: 51
Location: West of Aman and East of Arda
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Do you hear the people sing,
lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of a people
who are climbing to the light.
For the wretched of the earth
there is a flame that never dies.
Even the darkest night will end
and the sun will rise! |
This is from the finale of Les Mis, rather than anything Tolkien
wrote, but to me it has always sounded like something the Edain might
have sung, marching into battle during the First age. It just fits so
very perfectly.
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'Do you hear the people sing,
lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of a people
who are climbing to the light.
For the wretched of the earth,
there is a flame that never dies.
Even the darkest night will end
and the sun will rise!' |
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Findaráto
Hewer of Web Sites
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
Posts: 208
Location: Nargothrond
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Les Mis!
I've seen the musical 36 times on stage (  ) and played Éponine in a non-musical version. LOVE IT!!!!
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'But
why dost thou say 'mere words'? Do not words overpass the gulf between
one life and another? Between thee and me surely more has passed than
empty sound?'
~Finrod, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
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Glorfindel's Ward
Avari
Joined: 28 Apr 2008
Posts: 51
Location: West of Aman and East of Arda
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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36 times?  Where? Does it just run continously over there?
I've only seen the movie version once and listened to the soundtrack till I can recite half of it from memory...
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'Do you hear the people sing,
lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of a people
who are climbing to the light.
For the wretched of the earth,
there is a flame that never dies.
Even the darkest night will end
and the sun will rise!' |
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Findaráto
Hewer of Web Sites
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
Posts: 208
Location: Nargothrond
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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In
2000 and 2001, I kind of followed the tour with some friends of mine.
Not exactly 'followed', but we went to it all over the country. I've
seen it in New Orleans, Philadelphia, Greenville, North Carolina,
Florida, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois...etc. etc.
Wonderful story.
I'm more or less over my obsession now, but I still have the entire soundtrack memorized. 
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'But
why dost thou say 'mere words'? Do not words overpass the gulf between
one life and another? Between thee and me surely more has passed than
empty sound?'
~Finrod, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
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Glorfindel's Ward
Avari
Joined: 28 Apr 2008
Posts: 51
Location: West of Aman and East of Arda
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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That's crazy, and sounds ridiculously fun.
I did read most of the book, it's one of those rare instances where I
found the adaptation to be better than the original. It's a good story,
but to my mind it really needs the music to add that extra emotional
punch that really drives the theme home.
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'Do you hear the people sing,
lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of a people
who are climbing to the light.
For the wretched of the earth,
there is a flame that never dies.
Even the darkest night will end
and the sun will rise!' |
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