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Pippin is one of the four hobbits included in the Fellowship of the Ring, and Merry’s best friend. His foolhardy decision to look into the Seeing Stone led to Gandalf bringing him to Minas Tirith, where, on a whim, he offers his service to Denethor and is made a Guard of the Citadel. While in Minas Tirith, Pippin’s thoughts are constantly with his friends, Frodo, Sam, and Merry, and it’s his care for others that leads to him enlisting Gandalf’s help in order to save Faramir from Denethor’s reckless behavior. Pippin finally joins the battlefield at the Black Gate, where he is crushed by a troll. After returning to the Shire with Frodo, Sam, and Merry, he plays a vital part in the fight against the Chief and his ruffians, brazenly challenging all who stand in the hobbits’ way. His tendency to wear his armor when riding around the Shire with Merry after their return is a clear sign of his pride in his enduring status as a Knight of Gondor.
Peregrin Took (Pippin) Quotes in The Return of the King
The The Return of the King quotes below are all either spoken by Peregrin Took (Pippin) or refer to Peregrin Took (Pippin). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 5, Chapter 4
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Already it seemed years to Pippin since he had sat there before, in some half-forgotten time when he had still been a hobbit, a half-hearted wanderer touched little by the perils he had passed through. Now he was one small soldier in a city preparing for a great assault, clad in the proud but sombre manner of the Tower of the Guard.
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Book 6, Chapter 7
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Then the hobbits suddenly realized that people had looked at them with amazement not out of surprise at their return so much as in wonder at their gear. They themselves had become so used to warfare and to riding in well-arrayed companies that they had quite forgotten that the bright mail peeping from under their cloaks, and the helms of Gondor and the Mark, and the fair devices of their shields, would seem outlandish in their own country.
“Well here we are, just the four of us that started out together,” said Merry. “We have left all the rest behind, one after another. It seems almost like a dream that has slowly faded.”
“Not to me,” said Frodo. “To me it feels more like falling asleep again.”
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Peregrin Took (Pippin) Quotes in The Return of the King
The The Return of the King quotes below are all either spoken by Peregrin Took (Pippin) or refer to Peregrin Took (Pippin). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 5, Chapter 4
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Already it seemed years to Pippin since he had sat there before, in some half-forgotten time when he had still been a hobbit, a half-hearted wanderer touched little by the perils he had passed through. Now he was one small soldier in a city preparing for a great assault, clad in the proud but sombre manner of the Tower of the Guard.
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Book 6, Chapter 7
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Then the hobbits suddenly realized that people had looked at them with amazement not out of surprise at their return so much as in wonder at their gear. They themselves had become so used to warfare and to riding in well-arrayed companies that they had quite forgotten that the bright mail peeping from under their cloaks, and the helms of Gondor and the Mark, and the fair devices of their shields, would seem outlandish in their own country.
“Well here we are, just the four of us that started out together,” said Merry. “We have left all the rest behind, one after another. It seems almost like a dream that has slowly faded.”
“Not to me,” said Frodo. “To me it feels more like falling asleep again.”
