Gandalf and Frodo’s Exchange in Khazad-dûm

Dialogue from the movie, “The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring” Special Extended DVD Edition, Disk 2. Time: 20:32 – 22:54.

Some wise words to consider and keep in mind.

Transcript

Frodo	There’s something down there.
Gandalf	It’s Gollum.
Frodo	Gollum?
Gandalf	He’s been following us for three days.
Frodo	He escaped the dungeons of Barad-dûr.
Gandalf	Escaped, or was set loose? And now the ring has drawn him near. He won’t never be rid of his need for it. He hates and loves the ring, as he hates and loves himself. Sméagol’s life is a sad story. Yes, Sméagol he was once called, before the ring found him. Before it drove him mad.
Frodo	It’s a pity Bilbo didn’t kill him when he had the chance.
Gandalf	Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo’s hand. Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of men.
Frodo	I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf	So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring; in which case you also were meant to have it, and that is an encouraging thought. Oh! It’s that way.