"You ... You’re a Brandybuck!"
1. "And yet it would be a relief in a way not to be bothered with it any more. It has been so growing on my mind lately. Sometimes I have felt it was like an eye looking at me."
AnswerBilbo, to Gandalf, at giving up the Ring to Frodo.
2. "You’ll live to regret it, young fellow! Why didn’t you go too? You don’t belong here; you’re no Baggins – you – you’re a Brandybuck!"
AnswerLobelia Sacksville-Baggins to Frodo, at being escorted out of Bag End after Bilbo's estate was settled.
3. "Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?"
AnswerGandalf, to Frodo, about letting Gollum live.
4. "Don’t let him hurt me, sir! Don’t let him turn me into anything unnatural! My old dad would take on so. I meant no harm, on my honour, sir!"
AnswerSam Gamgee, to Frodo, when Gandalf caught him eavesdropping.
5. "That Gandalf should be late does not bode well. But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."
AnswerGildor Inglorion, to Frodo, while sitting in the forest near Woodhall.
6. "We were both right! The short cut has gone crooked already; but we got under cover only just in time."
AnswerFrodo, to Pippin, at seeing a Black Rider while they were in the thicket south of Woodhall.
7. "There’s earth under his old feet, and clay on his fingers; wisdom in his bones, and both his eyes are open."
AnswerTom Bombadil, to Frodo, about Farmer Maggot.
8. "Old knives are long enough as swords for hobbit-people. Sharp blades are good to have, if Shire-folk go walking, east, south, or far away into dark and danger."
AnswerTom Bombadil, as he gave each of the four hobbits a knife from the Barrow-wight's treasure.
9. "Is there no escape then? If I move I shall be seen and hunted! If I stay, I shall draw them to me!"
AnswerFrodo, as they prepared to make camp at Weathertop.
10. "In which case it is no longer white. And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
AnswerGandalf, to Saruman, when he declared himself the Many-Coloured.