How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph).
Quote #4
The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in her eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings. Thus Aragorn for the first time in the full light of day beheld Éowyn, Lady of Rohan, and thought her fair, fair and cold, like a morning of pale spring that is not yet come to womanhood. And she now was suddenly aware of him: tall heir of kings, wise with many winters, greycloaked, hiding a power that yet she felt. For a moment still as stone she stood, then turning swiftly she was gone. (3.6.72)
Tolkien's got a real thing for height, doesn't he? Both Aragorn and Éowyn immediately notice that the other is tall. But what's even more interesting to us about this first description of Éowyn is how much she reminds us of Galadriel, who is also grave and tall (see The Fellowship of the Ring Book 2, Chapter 7). What we are getting at here is that, when Tolkien wants to make a woman seem tough and impressive—even warrior-like, in the case of Éowyn—she must be serious and even chilly.
Quote #5
"You move me, Gimli," said Legolas. "I have never heard you speak like this before. Almost you make me regret that I have not seen these caves. Come! Let us make this bargain—if we both return safe out of the perils that await us, we will journey for a while together. You shall visit Fangorn with me, and then I will come with you to see Helm's Deep."
"That would not be the way of return that I should choose," said Gimli. "But I will endure Fangorn, if I have your promise to come back to the caves and share their wonder with me."
"You have my promise," said Legolas. "But alas! Now we must leave behind both cave and wood for a while. See! We are coming to the end of the trees." (3.8.54-6)
How far these two have come since the day when Legolas cried, "A plague on Dwarves and their stiff necks!" (The Fellowship of the Ring 2.6.124). Now they're making future plans to vacation together. Because there is so little time for actual romance in The Lord of the Rings (except for Aragorn's awkward love triangle between Éowyn and Arwen), we'll have to settle for a little bromance now and then.
Quote #6
"And it's a good thing neither half of the old villain don't know what the master means to do," [Sam] thought. "If he knew that Mr. Frodo is trying to put an end to his Precious for good and all, there'd be trouble pretty quick, I bet. Anyhow old Stinker is so frightened of the Enemy—and he's under orders of some kind from him, or was—that he'd give us away rather than be caught helping us; and rather than let his Precious be melted, maybe. At least that's my idea. And I hope the master will think it out carefully. He's as wise as any, but he's soft-hearted, that's what he is. It's beyond any Gamgee to guess what he'll do next." (4.3.21)
Sam's hatred of Gollum is deep and probably justified. But we do find it interesting that both Sam and Gollum call Frodo "master." Both Sam and Gollum—or at least Sméagol, Gollum's good side—regard Frodo as their shared superior. And we know that Sam has come all the way to Mordor primarily to accompany his beloved master. Could it be that what we have between Sam and Gollum (at least in part) is a kind of weird, angry sibling rivalry? Maybe one reason Sam cannot believe in the possibility that Gollum could have genuine good in him comes from his resentment that Gollum is horning in on his relationship with Frodo. Then again, maybe we're just being cynical.