"[At Aragorn's mention of their pursuit of his friends the Halflings, a rider, Eothain, laughs and says in disbelief:]…"

"'How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' 'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have not chang…"

"'The counsel of Gandalf was not founded on foreknowledge of safety, for himself or for others,' said Aragorn. 'There …"

"Do not be hasty, that is my motto."

"Learn now the lore of Living Creatures! First name the four, the free peoples: Eldest of all, the elf-children; Dwarf…"

"Not so hasty! You call yourselves hobbits? But you should not go telling just anybody. You'll be letting out your own…"

"My name is growing all the time, and I've lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell y…"

"Many of those trees were my friends, creatures I had known from nut and acorn; many had voices of their own that are …"

"I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explan…"

"'Yes, I am white now,' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been.'"