"The House of Lamentation"
1. "He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."
AnswerLord of the Nazgûl's threat to Dernhelm-Éowyn, as she protected Théoden.
2. "You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him."
AnswerÉowyn's reply to the Lord of the Nazgûl.
3. "So you spoke, but hope oft deceives, and I knew not then that you were a man foresighted. Yet twice blessed is help unlooked for, and never was a meeting of friends more joyful."
AnswerÉomer, to Aragorn as he came to war at Minas Tirith.
4. "Thou hadst already stolen half my son’s love. Now thou stealest the hearts of my knights also, so that they rob me wholly of my son at the last."
AnswerDenethor, as Beregond prevents him from stabbing Faramir, to Gandalf.
5. "But it is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say too much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place."
AnswerMerry, on awaking from the Black Breath, to Aragorn.
6. "The weed is better than I thought. It reminds me of the roses of Imloth Melui when I was a lass, and no king could ask for better."
AnswerIoreth, speaking of the athelas, or kingsfoil.
7. "It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise."
AnswerGimli, to Legolas, speaking of the differences in the quality of the stonework at Minas Tirith.
8. "But deep in the hearts of all my kindred lies the sea-longing, which it is perilous to stir. Alas! For the gulls. No peace shall I have again under beech or under elm."
AnswerLegolas, on the awakening of the sea-longing, to Gimli, Merry, and Pippin.
9. "But we must at all costs keep his Eye from his true peril. We cannot achieve victory by arms, but by arms we can give the Ringbearer his only chance, frail though it be."
AnswerGandalf, to the captains of Gondor, proposing an attack upon Sauron.
10. "Surely, this is the greatest jest in all the history of Gondor: that we should ride with seven thousands, scarcely as many as the vanguard of its army in the days of its power, to assail the mountains and the impenetrable gate of the Black Land."
AnswerPrince Imrahil, at the council of captains, on the impossibility of a victory.