The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Quotes

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a television program that first aired in 1970 . The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ended in 1970.

It features Barrie M. Osborne; Fran Walsh, and Peter Jackson as producer, Howard Shore in charge of musical score, and Andrew Lesnie as head of cinematography.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is recorded in English and originally aired in New Zealand. Each episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is 201 minutes long. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is distributed by New Line Cinema.

The cast includes: Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, John Rhys-Davies as Gimli, Orlando Bloom as Legolas, Sean Astin as Sam, Elijah Wood as Frodo, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, Ian Holm as Bilbo, Bernard Hill as Theoden, Lawrence Makoare as Witch King, John Noble as Denethor, David Wenham as Faramir, Christopher Lee as Saruman, Liv Tyler as Arwen, Sean Astin as Gamling, Orlando Bloom as Irolas, Thomas Robins as Deagol, and Cate Blanchett as All.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Quotes

Sean Astin as Sam

• (Sean Astin) "You can't go walking through Mordor in naught but your skin."

• (Sean Astin) "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you."

• (Sean Astin) "Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields -- and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?"
• (Elijah Wood) "No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food -- Nor the sound of water or touch of grass -- I'm naked in the dark, with nothing. No veil between me and the ring of fire. I can see him with my waking eyes."
• (Sean Astin) "Then let us be rid of it. Once and for all. Come on Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you. But I can carry you. Come on."

• (Sean Astin) "It must be getting near tea-time, leastways in decent places where there is still tea-time."
• (Gollum) "We're not in decent places."

• (Gollum) "Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, sleepies. We must go, yeeees, we must go at once."
• (Sean Astin) "Haven't you had any sleep, Mr. Frodo?"
• (Sean Astin) "I've gone and had too much -- it must be getting late."
• (Elijah Wood) "No, it's not. It's not midday, yet. The days are growing darker."
• (Gollum) "We must go."
• (Sean Astin) "Not until Mr. Frodo has had something to eat."
• (Gollum) "No time to lose, silly."
• (Sean Astin) "Here, eat this."
• (Elijah Wood) "What about you?"
• (Sean Astin) "I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread."
• (Elijah Wood) "Sam --"
• (Sean Astin) "All right -- we don't have that much left. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it -- there should be enough left."
• (Elijah Wood) "For what?"
• (Sean Astin) "The journey home."

• (Sean Astin) "That's for Frodo. And for the Shire. And that's for my old Gaffer."

• (Sean Astin) "There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale by Bilbo Baggins, and The Lord of the Rings by Frodo Baggins. You finished it."
• (Elijah Wood) "Not quite. There's room for a little more."

• (Sean Astin) "Give me your hand. Take my hand. Don't you let go. Don't let go -- Reach."

• (Gorbag) "What's this? Looks like old Shelob has been having a bit of fun."
• (Shagrat) "Killed another one, has she?"
• (Gorbag) "No -- this fellow ain't dead."
• (Sean Astin) "Not dead."
• (Gorbag) "She jabs them with her stinger and they go as limp as a boned fish. Then she has her way with them. That's how she likes to feed-fresh blood. Take him to the tower."
• (Sean Astin) "Samwise, you fool."

• (Sean Astin) "Well, I'm back."

• (Sean Astin) "I'm sorry to wake you, Mr. Frodo. We have to be moving on."
• (Elijah Wood) "It's dark still --"
• (Sean Astin) "It's always dark here."

• (Sean Astin) "Let him go, you filth. Let him go. You will not touch him again."

• (Sean Astin) "You don't see it, do you? He's a villain."

• (Sean Astin) "What are you up to? Sneaking off are we?"
• (Gollum) "Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat Hobbit is always so polite. Smeagol shows them secret way that nobody else could find. And they say sneak. Sneak? Very nice, friend -- Oh, yes. My precious. Very nice --"
• (Sean Astin) "All right. All right. You just startled me is all. What were you doing?"
• (Gollum) "Sneaking."
• (Sean Astin) "Fine. Have it your own way. I'm sorry to wake you, Mr. Frodo. We have to be moving on."
• (Elijah Wood) "It's dark still."
• (Sean Astin) "It's always dark here. It's gone. The Elven bread."
• (Elijah Wood) "What? That's all we have left."
• (Sean Astin) "He took it. He must have."
• (Gollum) "Smeagol? No, no, Not poor Smeagol. Smeagol hates nasty elf bread."
• (Sean Astin) "You're a lying rat. What did you do with it?"
• (Elijah Wood) "He doesn't eat it. He can't have taken it."
• (Gollum) "Look. What's this? Crumbs on his jacketses. He took it. He took it. I seen him."
• (Sean Astin) "That's a filthy lie."
• (Sean Astin) "You stinking two face."
• (Elijah Wood) "Sam. Stop it. Sam, no."
• (Sean Astin) "Oh, my. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to go so far I was just so, so angry. Here, let's just rest a bit."
• (Elijah Wood) "I'm all right."
• (Sean Astin) "No. No, You're not all right -- You're exhausted. It's that Gollum. It's this place. It's that thing around your neck -- I could help a bit. I could carry it for a while --"
• (Sean Astin) "Share the load."
• (Elijah Wood) "Get away."
• (Sean Astin) "I don't wanna keep it. I just wanna help."
• (Gollum) "See? See? He wants it for himself."
• (Sean Astin) "Shut up, you. Go away. Get out of here."
• (Elijah Wood) "No, Sam, it's you -- I'm sorry, Sam --"
• (Sean Astin) "But, he's a liar. He's poisoned you against me."
• (Elijah Wood) "You can't help me anymore."

• (Sean Astin) "No, Mr. Frodo."
• (Gollum) "Not that way. Oh. What's he doing?"

• (Smeagol) "The precious will be ours -- once the Hobbitses are dead."
• (Sean Astin) "You treacherous little toad."
• (Gollum) "No. No. Master."
• (Elijah Wood) "No, Sam. Leave him alone."
• (Sean Astin) "I heard it from his own mouth. He means to murder us."
• (Gollum) "Never. Sméagol wouldn't hurt a fly."
• (Gollum) "He's a horrid, fat Hobbit, who hates Sméagol, and who makes up nasty lies."
• (Sean Astin) "You miserable little maggot. I'll stove your head in."
• (Elijah Wood) "Sam."
• (Sean Astin) "Call me a liar? You're a liar."
• (Elijah Wood) "If you scare him off, then we are lost."
• (Sean Astin) "I don't care. I can't do it, Mr. Frodo. I won't wait around for him to kill us."
• (Elijah Wood) "I'm not sending him away."
• (Sean Astin) "You don't see it do you? He's a villain."
• (Elijah Wood) "We can't do this by ourselves, Sam. Not without a guide. I need you on my side."
• (Sean Astin) "I'm on your side, Mr. Frodo."
• (Elijah Wood) "I know, Sam, I know. Trust me -- Come, Smeagol."

• (Sean Astin) "FRODO."
• (Elijah Wood) "I'm here, Sam."
• (Sean Astin) "Destroy it."
• (Sean Astin) "Go on. Now. Throw it in the fire."
• (Sean Astin) "What are you waiting for? Just let it go."
• (Elijah Wood) "The ring is mine."
• (Sean Astin) "No -- no --"
• (Sean Astin) "NO."

• (Sean Astin) "Mr. Frodo? What is it?"
• (Elijah Wood) "Just a thought -- I don't think I'm going to be returning."
• (Sean Astin) "Of course you are. That's just morbid thinking, that is."

• (Gorbag) "I'm gonna bleed you like a stuck pig."
• (Sean Astin) "Not if I stick you first."

• (Sean Astin) "You miserable little maggot. I'll stove your head in."

• (Gollum) "Wake up. Wake up. Wake up, sleepies. We must go, yeeees, we must go at once."
• (Sean Astin) "Haven't you had any sleep, Mr. Frodo?"
• (Sean Astin) "I've gone and had too much -- it must be getting late."
• (Elijah Wood) "No, it isn't. It isn't midday, yet. The days are growing darker."
• (Gollum) "Come on. We must go, no time."
• (Sean Astin) "Not before Mr. Frodo's had something to eat."
• (Gollum) "No time to lose, silly."
• (Sean Astin) "Here."
• (Elijah Wood) "What about you?"
• (Sean Astin) "Oh, no, I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread."
• (Elijah Wood) "Sam --"
• (Sean Astin) "All right -- we don't have that much left. We have to be careful, we don't want to run out. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it -- there should be enough."
• (Elijah Wood) "Enough for what?"
• (Sean Astin) "The journey home."

• (Sean Astin) "I heard it from his own mouth. He means to murder us."
• (Gollum) "Never. Smeagol wouldn't hurt a fly."

• (Sean Astin) "Oh no. Frodo -- Mr. Frodo, wake up -- Don't leave me here alone. Don't go where I can't follow -- Wake up."

• (Sean Astin) "I don't think there will be a return journey, Mr. Frodo."

• (Sean Astin) "It's that Gollum, it's this place, it's that thing around your neck. I could help a bit, I could carry it, share the load --"
• (Elijah Wood) "GET AWAY."
• (Sean Astin) "I don't want to keep it. I just want to help."

Cate Blanchett as Galadriel

• (Cate Blanchett) "And for you, Frodo Baggins, I give you the light of Earendil our most beloved star. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out."
• (Elijah Wood) "Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima."

• (Cate Blanchett) "This task was appointed to you, Frodo of the Shire. If you do not find a way, no one will."

• (Cate Blanchett) "The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come -- for the dominion of Men."
• (Hugo Weaving) "I Aear c?n ven na mar."
• (Ian Holm) "I think I'm -- quite ready for another adventure."
• (Gandalf) "Farewell -- my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea -- comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say, Do not weep -- not all tears are an evil."
• (Gandalf) "It is time, Frodo."
• (Sean Astin) "What does he mean?"
• (Elijah Wood) "We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me."
• (Sean Astin) "You don't mean that. You can't leave."

• (Cate Blanchett) "The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come -- for the dominion of Men."
• (Hugo Weaving) "The Sea calls us home."
• (Ian Holm) "I think I'm -- quite ready for another adventure."
• (Gandalf) "Farewell, my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea -- comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."
• (Gandalf) "It is time, Frodo."
• (Sean Astin) "What does he mean?"
• (Elijah Wood) "We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved -- But not for me."
• (Sean Astin) "You don't mean that. You can't leave."
• (Elijah Wood) "The last pages are for you, Sam."

Thomas Robins as Deagol

• (Smeagol) "Give us that, Deagol my love."
• (Thomas Robins) "Why?"
• (Smeagol) "Because it's my birthday, and I wants it."

Elijah Wood as Frodo

• (Elijah Wood) "I need you on my side."
• (Sean Astin) "I'm on your side, Mr Frodo."
• (Elijah Wood) "I know you are, Sam."

• (Elijah Wood) "What is this place?"
• (Gollum) "Master must go inside the tunnel."
• (Elijah Wood) "Now that I'm here, I don't think I want to."

• (Elijah Wood) "We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved; but not for me."

• (Gollum) "It's the only way. Go in, or go back."
• (Elijah Wood) "I cannot go back."

• (Elijah Wood) "The last pages are for you, Sam."

• (Elijah Wood) "You can't help me anymore."
• (Sean Astin) "You don't mean that."
• (Elijah Wood) "Go home."

• (Elijah Wood) "And thus it was. A fourth age of middle-earth began. And the fellowship of the ring -- though eternally bound by friendship and love -- was ended. Thirteen months to the day since Gandalf sent us on our long journey -- we found ourselves looking upon a familiar sight. We were home. How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on -- when in your heart you begin to understand -- there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend -- some hurts that go too deep -- that have taken hold. Bilbo once told me his part in this tale would end -- that each of us must come and go in the telling. Bilbo's story was now over. There would be no more journeys for him -- save one. My dear Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Your part in the story will go on."

• (Smeagol) "Clever Hobbits, to climb so high."
• (Smeagol) "Mustn't go that way. Mustn't hurt the Precious."
• (Elijah Wood) "You swore. You swore on the Precious."
• (Smeagol) "Oo-hoo-hoo-hoo --"
• (Elijah Wood) "SMEAGOL PROMISED."
• (Smeagol) "Smeagol lied."

• (Elijah Wood) "My dear Sam. You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Your part in the story will go on."

• (Elijah Wood) "I have to destroy it, Smeagol. I have to destroy it for both our sakes."

Bernard Hill as Theoden

• (Bernard Hill) "I know your face -- Eowyn. My eyes darken."
• (Eowyn) "No. No. I'm going to save you."
• (Bernard Hill) "You already did -- Eowyn. My body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed. Eowyn --"

• (Bernard Hill) "I take my leave."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "My Lord Elrond."
• (Hugo Weaving) "I come on behalf of one whom I love. Arwen is dying. She will not long survive the evil that now spreads from Mordor. The light of the Evenstar is failing. As Sauron's power grows, her strength wanes. Arwen's life is now tied to the fate of the Ring. The Shadow is upon us, Aragorn. The end has come."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "It will not be our end but his."

• (Bernard Hill) "I have left instruction. The people are to follow your rule in my stead. Take up my seat in the Golden Hall. Long may you defend Edoras if the battle goes ill."
• (Eowyn) "What other duty would you have me do?"
• (Bernard Hill) "Duty? No -- I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair."

• (Gandalf) "If the beacons of Gondor are lit, Rohan must be ready for war."
• (Bernard Hill) "Tell me, why should we ride to the aid of those who did not come to ours? What do we owe Gondor?"

• (Bernard Hill) "I am happy for you. He is an honorable man."
• (Eowyn) "You are both honorable men."
• (Bernard Hill) "It was not Theoden of Rohan who led our people to victory."

• (Merry) "Excuse me? I have a sword. Please accept it."
• (Merry) "I offer you my service, Theoden King."
• (Bernard Hill) "And gladly, I accept it. You shall be Meriadoc, Esquire of Rohan."

• (Bernard Hill) "Tonight we remember those who gave their blood to defend this country. Hail the victorious dead."
• (Cate Blanchett) "Hail."

• (Bernard Hill) "Six thousand spears. Less than half of what I'd hoped for."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Six thousand will not be enough to break the lines of Mordor."
• (Bernard Hill) "More will come."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Every hour lost hastens Gondor's defeat. We have 'til dawn, then we must ride."

• (Bernard Hill) "Eomer. Take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling, follow the King's banner down the center. Grimbold, take your company right, after you pass the wall. Forth, and fear no darkness. Arise. Arise, Riders of Theoden. Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered. A sword day -- a red day -- ere the sun rises."
• (Eowyn) "Whatever happens, stay with me. I'll look after you."
• (Bernard Hill) "Ride now --. Ride now --. Ride. Ride to ruin and the world's ending."
• (Bernard Hill) "Death."
• (Unnamed) "Death."
• (Bernard Hill) "Death."
• (Unnamed) "Death."
• (Bernard Hill) "DEATH."
• (Merry) "Death."
• (Bernard Hill) "Forth, Eorlingas."

• (Bernard Hill) "Grima, you are not always as you are, now. You were once a man of Rohan. Come down."
• (Christopher Lee) "A man of Rohan? What is the house of Rohan, but a thatched barn where Brigands drink in the reek and the rats roll on the floor with the dogs? Victory at Helm's Deep does not belong to you Théoden, Horse Master. You are a Lesser Son of Greater Sires."

• (Bernard Hill) "Grimbold, how many?"
• (Grimbold) "I bring 500 from the Westfold, my lord."
• (Sean Astin) "We have 300 more from Fenmarch, Theoden King."
• (Bernard Hill) "Where are the riders of Snowbourn?"
• (Sean Astin) "None have come, my lord."

Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn

• (Viggo Mortensen) "I have wished you joy since first I saw you."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "Behold. The sword of Elendil."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "I summon you to fulfill your oath."
• (King of the Dead) "None but the king of Gondor may command me."
• (King of the Dead) "That blade was broken."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "It has been remade."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Fight for us -- and regain your honor."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "We have time. Every day Frodo moves closer to Mordor."
• (Gandalf) "Do we know that?"
• (Viggo Mortensen) "What does your heart tell you?"
• (Gandalf) "That Frodo is alive. Yes. Yes, he's alive."

• (Eowyn) "Why are you doing this? The war lies to the East. You cannot leave on the eve of battle."
• (Eowyn) "You cannot abandon the men."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Eowyn --"
• (Eowyn) "We need you here."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Why have you come?"
• (Eowyn) "Do you not know?"
• (Viggo Mortensen) "It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek."

• (Gandalf) "Frodo has passed beyond my sight. The darkness is deepening."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "If Sauron had the Ring, we would know it."
• (Gandalf) "It's only a matter of time."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "I will go."
• (Gandalf) "No."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "They must be warned."
• (Gandalf) "They will be."

• (King of the Dead) "The dead do not suffer the living to pass."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "You will suffer me."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "Long have you hunted me, long have I eluded you. No more. Behold. The Sword of Elendil."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "My friends. You bow to no one."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "You may go no further. You will not enter Gondor."
• (Unnamed) "Who are you to deny us passage?"
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Legolas, fire a warning shot past the bosun's ear."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "Mind your aim."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "Oh. That's it, right. We warned you. Prepare to be boarded."
• (Unnamed) "Boarded. By you and whose army?"
• (Viggo Mortensen) "This army."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "Hold your ground, hold your ground. Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down. But it is not this day. This day we fight. By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "What say you? What say you? I am Isildur's heir. Fight for me. And I will hold your oaths fulfilled. What say you?"

• (Viggo Mortensen) "I do not fear death."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth. Let justice be done upon him."
• (The Mouth of Sauron) "My master, Sauron the Great, bids thee welcome. Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me?"
• (Gandalf) "We do not come to treat with Sauron, faithless and accursed. Tell your master this: the armies of Mordor must disband. He is to depart these lands, never to return."
• (The Mouth of Sauron) "Ahh, old Greybeard. I have a token I was bidden to show thee."
• (Pippin) "Frodo --"
• (Gandalf) "Silence."
• (Merry) "No."
• (Gandalf) "Silence."
• (The Mouth of Sauron) "The halfling was dear to thee, I see. Know that he suffered greatly at the hands of his host. Who would've thought one so small could endure so much pain? And he did, Gandalf, he did."
• (The Mouth of Sauron) "And who is this? Isildur's heir? It takes more to make a King that a broken Elvish blade --"
• (John Rhys-Davies) "I guess that concludes negotiations."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "I do not believe it. I will not."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace."

• (Viggo Mortensen) "For Frodo."

John Rhys-Davies as Gimli

• (Pippin) "I feel like I'm back at the Green Dragon."
• (Merry) "Mm. Green Dragon."
• (Pippin) "A mug of ale in my hand, putting my feet up on a settle after a hard day's work."
• (Merry) "Only, you've never done a hard day's work."
• (Merry) "Welcome, my lords, to Isengard."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "You young rascals. A merry hunt you've led us on, and now we find you -- feasting and -- and smoking."
• (Pippin) "We are sitting on a field of victory enjoying a few well-earned comforts."
• (Pippin) "The salted pork is particularly good."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "Salted pork?"
• (Gandalf) "Hobbits."
• (Merry) "We're under orders from Treebeard, who has taken over management of Isengard."
• (Treebeard) "Hroom, young Master Gandalf. I'm relieved that you've come. Wood and water, stock and stone I can master, but there's a wizard to manage here. Locked his tower."

• (John Rhys-Davies) "It's the Dwarves that go swimming with little, hairy woman."
• (Orlando Bloom) "I feel something. A slight tingle in my fingers. I think it's affecting me."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "What did I say? He can't hold his liquor."
• (Orlando Bloom) "Game over."

• (John Rhys-Davies) "Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"

• (John Rhys-Davies) "What kind of army would linger in such a place?"
• (Orlando Bloom) "One that is cursed. Long ago the men of the mountain swore an oath to the last king of Gondor, to come to his aid, to fight. But when the time came, when Gondor's need was dire, they fled, vanishing into the darkness of the mountain. And so Isildur cursed them, never to rest until they had fulfilled their pledge. Who shall call them from the gray twilight, the forgotten people?"

• (Gandalf) "He's suffered a defeat, yes, but -- behind the walls of Mordor, our enemy is regrouping."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "Let him stay there. Let him rot. Why should we care?"
• (Gandalf) "Because ten-thousand Orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. I've sent him to his death."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "No. There is still hope for Frodo. He needs time -- and safe passage across the plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "How?"
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Draw out Sauron's armies. Empty his lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate."
• (Eomer) "We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves."
• (Orlando Bloom) "A diversion."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "Certainty of death, small chance of success -- What are we waiting for?"
• (Gandalf) "Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "No, I think he will."

• (John Rhys-Davies) "Where do you think you're going?"
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Not this time, Gimli. This time you must stay."
• (Orlando Bloom) "Have you learned nothing of the stubbornness of Dwarves?"
• (John Rhys-Davies) "You may as well accept it. We're going with you, laddy."

• (John Rhys-Davies) "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf."
• (Orlando Bloom) "What about side by side with a friend?"
• (John Rhys-Davies) "Aye. I could do that."

• (John Rhys-Davies) "They had no honor in life. They have none now in death."

• (John Rhys-Davies) "That still only counts as one."

• (John Rhys-Davies) "There's plenty for the both of us, may the best Dwarf win."

• (John Rhys-Davies) "Aragorn, let's find some food."

• (King of the Dead) "Release us."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "Bad idea. Very handy in a tight spot, these lads, despite the fact they're dead."

John Noble as Denethor

• (John Noble) "You think you are wise, Mithrandir. Yet for all your subtleties, you have not wisdom. Do you think the eyes of the White Tower are blind? I have seen more than you know. With your left hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor, and with your right you would seek to supplant me. I know who rides with Theoden of Rohan. Oh, yes. Word has reached my ears of this Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and I tell you now, I will not bow to this Ranger from the North, last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship."

• (Pippin) "I offer you my service, such as it is, in payment of this debt."
• (John Noble) "This is my first command to you. How did you escape, and my son did not, so mighty a man as he was?"
• (Pippin) "The mightiest man may be slain by one arrow -- and Boromir was pierced by many."
• (Gandalf) "Get up. My Lord, there will be a time to greive for Boromir, but it is not now. War is coming. The enemy is on your doorstep. As steward, you are charged with the defense of this city. Where are Gondor's armies? You still have friends. You are not alone in this fight. Send word to Theoden of Rohan. Light the Beacons."

• (John Noble) "Is there a captain here who still has the courage to do his lord's will?"
• (David Wenham) "You wish now that our places had been exchanged -- that I had died and Boromir had lived."
• (John Noble) "Yes."
• (John Noble) "I wish that."
• (David Wenham) "Since you are robbed of Boromir -- I will do what I can in his stead."
• (David Wenham) "If I should return, think better of me, Father."
• (John Noble) "That will depend on the manner of your return."

• (John Noble) "He is burning -- already burning."
• (Pippin) "He's not dead. He's not dead."
• (Pippin) "No. No. He's not dead. Stop."
• (John Noble) "Farewell, Peregrin, son of Paladin -- I release you from my service. Go now and die in what way seems best to you."

• (Gandalf) "Authority is not given to you to deny the return of the king, Steward."
• (John Noble) "The rule of Gondor is mine. And no other's."

• (John Noble) "Can you sing, Master Hobbit?"
• (Pippin) "Well -- yes. At least, well enough for my own people. But we have no songs for great halls and -- evil times."
• (John Noble) "And why should your songs be unfit for my hall? Come, sing me a song."
• (Pippin) "Home is behind, the world ahead -- And there are many paths to tread. Through shadow, to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight -- Mist and shadow, cloud and shade, all shall fade -- all -- shall -- fade --"

• (John Noble) "I am the servant of the house of Anarion. Thus I have walked -- thus now I will asleep."

• (John Noble) "My sons are spent. My line has ended. Rohan has deserted us. Theoden's betrayed me. Abandon your posts. Flee, flee for your lives."
• (Gandalf) "Prepare for battle."

• (John Noble) "Ever you desire to appear lordly and gracious as a king of old. Boromir would have remembered his father's need. He would have brought me a kingly gift."
• (David Wenham) "Boromir would not have brought the Ring. He would have stretched out his hand to this thing, and taking it, he would have fallen."
• (John Noble) "You know nothing of this matter."
• (David Wenham) "He would have kept it for his own. And when he returned, you would not have known your son."
• (John Noble) "Boromir was loyal to me. Not some wizard's pupil."
• (David Wenham) "Father?"
• (John Noble) "My son."
• (John Noble) "Leave me."

• (Pippin) "Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor. In peace or war. In living or dying. F -- f -- from this hour henceforth, until my lord release me -- or death take me."
• (John Noble) "And I shall not forget it. Nor fail to reward that which is given. Fealty with love, valor with honor, disloyalty with vengeance."

• (John Noble) "No tomb for Denethor and Faramir. No long, slow sleep of death embalmed. We shall burn, like the heathen kings of old. Bring wood and oil."

• (John Noble) "Why do the fools fly? Better to die sooner than late. For die we must."

Orlando Bloom as Legolas

• (Orlando Bloom) "The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it. The way is shut."

• (Orlando Bloom) "The horses are restless, and the men are quiet."

• (Orlando Bloom) "The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East. A sleepless malice. The eye of the enemy is moving. He is HERE."

Liv Tyler as Arwen

• (Liv Tyler) "Tell me what you have seen."
• (Hugo Weaving) "Arwen?"
• (Liv Tyler) "You have the gift of foresight. What did you see?"
• (Hugo Weaving) "I looked into your future and I saw death."
• (Liv Tyler) "But there is also life. You saw there was a child, you saw my son."
• (Hugo Weaving) "That future is almost gone."
• (Liv Tyler) "But it is not lost."
• (Hugo Weaving) "Nothing is certain."
• (Liv Tyler) "Some things are certain. If I leave him now, I will regret it forever."

• (Liv Tyler) "I wish I could have seen him again, one last time."

• (Liv Tyler) "From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king."

Ian Holm as Bilbo

• (Ian Holm) "Tell me again, lad -- where are we going?"
• (Elijah Wood) "To the harbor, Bilbo. The elves have accorded you a special honor; a place on the last ship to leave Middle Earth."
• (Ian Holm) "Frodo -- Any chance of seeing that old ring again? Hmm? The one I gave you?"
• (Elijah Wood) "I'm sorry, uncle -- I'm afraid I lost it."
• (Ian Holm) "Oh -- Pity. Should have liked to have held it one last time."

David Wenham as Faramir

• (Gandalf) "Faramir? This is not the first halfing to have crossed your path."
• (David Wenham) "No."
• (Pippin) "You've seen Frodo and Sam?"
• (Gandalf) "Where? When?"
• (David Wenham) "In Ithilien. Not two days ago. Gandalf, they're taking the road to the Morgul Vale."
• (Gandalf) "And then the pass of Cirith Ungol."
• (Pippin) "What does that mean? What's wrong?"
• (Gandalf) "Faramir, tell me everything."

• (Eowyn) "The city has fallen silent. There is no warmth left in the sun."
• (David Wenham) "It is only the damp of the first spring rain."
• (David Wenham) "I do not believe this darkness will endure."

• (Pippin) "What were you thinking, Peregrin Took? What service could a Hobbit offer such a great lord of men?"
• (David Wenham) "It was well done. Generous deeds should not be checked by cold council. You are to join the tower guard?"
• (Pippin) "I didn't think they would find any livery that would fit me."
• (David Wenham) "It once belonged to a boy of the citadel. A very foolish one; who spent many hours slaying dragons instead of attending to his studies."
• (Pippin) "This was yours?"
• (David Wenham) "Yes, it was mine. My father had it made for me."
• (Pippin) "Well, I'm taller than you were then. Though I'm not likely to grow anymore -- except sideways."
• (David Wenham) "Never fitted me either. Boromir was always the soldier. They were so alike, he and my father. Proud -- stubborn, even. But strong."
• (Pippin) "I think you have strength, of a different kind. And one day your father will see it."

• (David Wenham) "Mithrandir. They broke through our defenses. They've taken the bridge and the west bank. Battalions of Orcs are crossing the river."
• (Orlando Bloom) "It is as the Lord Denethor predicted. Long has he forseen this doom."
• (Gandalf) "Forseen and done nothing."

• (Gandalf) "Faramir."
• (Gandalf) "Faramir. Your father's will has turned to madness. Do not throw away your life so rashly."
• (David Wenham) "Where does my allegiance lie if not here? This is the city of the men of Numenor. I would gladly give my life to defend her beauty, her memory -- her wisdom --"
• (Gandalf) "Your father loves you, Faramir. He will remember it before the end."

Christopher Lee as Saruman

• (Christopher Lee) "What is the house of Rohan but a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek and rats roll on the floor with the dogs? The victory at Helm's Deep does not belong to you, Théoden, horsemaster. You are a lesser son of greater sires."

• (Gandalf) "Your treachary has already cost many lives. Thousands more are now at risk, but you could save them Saruman. You were deep in the enemy's council."
• (Christopher Lee) "So you have come here for information. I have some for you."
• (Christopher Lee) "Something festers in the heart of Middle-Earth. Something that you have failed to see. But the Great Eye has seen it. Even now he presses his advantage. His attack will come soon. You're all going to die. But you know this don't you, Gandalf?"
• (Christopher Lee) "You cannot think that this Ranger will ever sit upon the throne of Gondor. This exile, crept from the shadows, will never be crowned king. Gandalf does not hesistate to sacrifice those closest to him, those he professes to love. Tell me -- what words of confort did you give the halfling before you sent him to his doom? The path that you have set him on can only lead to death."
• (John Rhys-Davies) "I've heard enough.""
• (John Rhys-Davies) ""Shoot him. Stick an arrow in his gob."
• (Gandalf) "No. Come down Saruman, and your life will be spared."
• (Christopher Lee) "Save your pity and your mercy; I have no use for it."
• (Gandalf) "Saruman, your staff is broken."

• (Christopher Lee) "You have fought many wars and slain many men, Theoden King, and made peace afterwards. Can we not take council as we once did, my old friend? Can we not have peace?"
• (Bernard Hill) "We shall have peace -- We shall have peace, when you answer for the burning of the Westfold, and the children that lie dead there. We shall have peace, when the lives of the soldiers whose bodies were hewn even as they died against the gates of the Hornberg, are avenged. When you hang from a gibbit for the sport of your own crows --. We shall have peace."
• (Christopher Lee) "Gibbits and crows. DOTARD. What do you want, Gandalf Greyhame? Let me guess. The key of Orthanc? Or perhaps the keys of Barad-Dur itself? Along with the crowns of the seven kings and the rods of the five wizards?"

Hugo Weaving as Elrond

• (Hugo Weaving) "You're outnumbered, Aragorn. You need more men."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "There are none."
• (Hugo Weaving) "There are those who dwell in the mountain."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Murderers. Traitors. You would call upon them to fight? They believe in nothing. They answer to no one."
• (Hugo Weaving) "They will answer to the king of Gondor."
• (Hugo Weaving) "Anduril, Flame of the West, forged from the shards of Narsil."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "Sauron will not have forgotten the sword of Elendil. The blade that was broken shall return to Minas Tirith."
• (Hugo Weaving) "The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth. Put aside the Ranger. Become who you were born to be. Take the Dimholt Road."
• (Hugo Weaving) "I give hope to men."
• (Viggo Mortensen) "I keep none for myself."

• (Hugo Weaving) "Your hands are cold. The life of the Eldar is leaving you."
• (Liv Tyler) "This was my choice -- ada, whether by your will or not, there is no ship now that can bear me hence."

• (Hugo Weaving) "You ride to war, but not to victory. Sauron's armies march on Minas Tirith, this you know. But in secret he sends another force which will attack from the river. A fleet of Corsairs ships sails from the south. They reach the city in two days."

• (Hugo Weaving) "You gave away your life's grace. I cannot protect you anymore."

Lawrence Makoare as Witch King

• (Eowyn) "I will kill you if you touch him."
• (Lawrence Makoare) "Do not come between the Nazgul and his prey."

• (Lawrence Makoare) "Feast on his flesh."

• (Lawrence Makoare) "Send forth all legions. Do not stop the attack until the city is taken. Slay them all."
• (Gothmog) "What of the wizard?"
• (Lawrence Makoare) "I will break him."

• (Gandalf) "Go back to the abyss. Fall into nothingness that awaits you and your master."
• (Lawrence Makoare) "Do you not know death when you see it, old man? This is my hour."

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