- Sam: If I take one more step, it'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been.
- Frodo: Come on, Sam. Remember what Bilbo used to say: "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to".
Sean Astin - Sam
Elijah Wood - Frodo

“- Emmy Brown: Good night.
- Georges Iscovescu: It's better than good! Somehow, these walls will not seem so empty inside. You will be here very close to me. Breathing in the same night.”
Olivia Mary de Beauvoir de Havilland - Emmy Brown
Charles Boyer - Georges Iscovescu

“- Rose Smith: Why are we eating early?
- Esther Smith: You certainly don't want the whole family sitting there drinking in every word while a man proposes to you long-distance.”

Lucille Bremer - Rose Smith
Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“I'm going to write you a letter every day you're gone. I know they won't deliver them. I won't even mail them, but I'm going to write them anyway. That way we'll kind of be in touch. That way we'll feel close.”

Phyllis Thaxter - Ellen Lawson

“I'm going to be worrying about you every second while you're gone.”

Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Wendy Christensen