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Aragorn: Are you frightened?
Frodo: Yes.
Aragorn: Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you.
Galadriel: The one ring to rule them all.
Frodo: You're late.
Gandalf: A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.
Boromir: This is no mine. It's a tomb.
Frodo: We're friends of Gandalf the Grey, can you tell him we've arrived?
Barliman Butterbur: Gandalf? Gandalf... Oh, yes, I remember! Elderly chap, big gray beard, pointy hat. Not seen him for six months.
Gandalf: Well, what can i tell you? Life in the wide world goes on much as it has these past age, full of its own comings and goings, scarcely aware of the existence of hobbits... for which i am very thankful.
Sam: Hey. Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere without me.
Elrond: No, indeed. It is hardly possible to separate you, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not.
Boromir: The world of men will fall, and all will come to darkness, my city to ruin.
Aragorn: I do not know what strength is in my blood, but i swear to you i will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail.
Merry: That black rider was looking for something. Or someone. Frodo?
[After falling down a hill]
Merry: I think I've broken something.[Pulls out a broken carrot]
Frodo: We must leave the Shire. Sam and i must get to Bree.
Merry: Right... Buckleberry Ferry! Follow me!
Frodo: Gandalf, I'm glad your back.
Gandalf: So am i dear boy. So am i.
Sam: Watch who you're sweet talking.
Frodo: Don't worry Sam, Rosie knows an idiot when she sees one.
Sam: ...does she?
Frodo: I think we should get off the road [Feels the Wraith's presence]
Frodo: Get off the road! Quick!
Gimli: Dwarf doors are invisible when closed.
Gandalf: Yes, Gimli, their own masters cannot find them, if their secrets are forgotten.
Legolas: Why doesn't that surprise me?
[Horn blowing in distance]
Legolas: The Horn of Gondor.
Aragorn: Boromir!
Gandalf: Let the ring-bearer decide.
Frodo: We will go through the mines.
Gandalf: So be it.
Sauron: You cannot hide. I see you. There is no life in the void. Only death.
Legolas: A lament for Gandalf...
Merry: What do they say about him?
Legolas: I have not the heart to tell you. For me the grief is still too near.
Pippin: Oh... That's nice. Ash on my tomatoes!
Bilbo: I am sorry I brought this upon you, my boy. I'm sorry that... you must carry this burden. I'm sorry for everything.
Saruman: I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you have elected the way of pain.
Gandalf: I think there's more to this hobbit than meets the eye.
Galadriel: The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true.
voiceover: And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend; Legend became myth.
Sam: 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.
Galadriel: We shall not meet again, Elessar.
Boromir: What is this new devilry?
Gandalf: A Balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. Run!
Saruman: Against the power of Mordor there can be no victory.
Pippin: Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of... Mission... Quest... thing.
Merry: Well, that rules you out, Pip.
Galadriel: The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true.
Gandalf: Lead them on, Aragorn. The bridge is near. Do as I say! Swords are no more use here!
Gandalf: [Pointing to a tunnel] There!
Merry: He remembered!
Gandalf: No, but the air doesn't smell so foul here. If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose.
Hero Orc: The trees are strong, my lord. Their roots go deep.
Saruman: Rip them all down.
Frodo: I know what you would say, and it would seem like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart.
Bilbo: No, thank you. We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations.
Frodo: Where are you taking us?
Aragorn: Into the wild.
[Holding up a mail shirt]
Bilbo: Here's a pretty thing: Mithril. As light as a feather, and as hard as dragon-scales.
Boromir: I ask only for the strength to defend my people.
Gandalf: Frodo suspects something.
Bilbo: Of course he does, he's a Baggins, not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle.
Legolas: Something draws near. I can feel it.
Gandalf: [to Pippin] Fool of a Took. Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity.
Gandalf: I suppose you think that was terribly clever.
Aragorn: They will look for his coming from the White Tower. But he will not return.
Merry: [On Midgewater Marshes] What do they eat when they can't get hobbit?
[Before his 111th birthday party]
Bilbo: Gandalf, my old friend, this will be a night to remember.
Gandalf: Fly, you fools.
Frodo: Mordor, Gandalf, is it left or right?
Gandalf: Left.
Sam: 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.
Gandalf: There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.
Hero Orc: The trees are strong, my lord. Their roots go deep.
Saruman: Rip them all down.
Bilbo: [Voice] It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no telling where you might be swept off to.
Bilbo: I've thought of an ending for my book - And he lived happily ever after... to the end of his days.
Saruman: We must join with Him, Gandalf. We must join with Sauron. It would be wise, my friend.
Gandalf: Tell me, 'friend', when did Saruman the Wise abandon reason for madness?
