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Saruman is a wizard and the former leader of the White Council. While he used to be just and fair, he has been corrupted by Sauron, who communicates with him through a palantír. Now, he seeks to betray both Sauron and his former friend Gandalf by taking the Ring for himself. Despite his massive orc armies and his many spies, Rohan defeats Saruman’s forces at the battle of Helm’s Deep, and the ents take over Isengard. Saruman is bitter in defeat, attempting to influence Gandalf and his companions with his enchanted voice, but Gandalf breaks Saruman’s staff and expels him from the Order of wizards, leaving him trapped in his tower.
Saruman Quotes in The Two Towers
The The Two Towers quotes below are all either spoken by Saruman or refer to Saruman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3, Chapter 4
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‘He was polite in those days, always asking my leave (at least when he met me); and always eager to listen. I told him many things that he would never have found out by himself; but he never repaid me in like kind. I cannot remember that he ever told me anything. And he got more and more like that; his face, as I remember it—I have not seen it for many a day—became like windows in a stone wall: windows with shutters inside.
‘I think that I now understand what he is up to. He is plotting to become a Power. He has a mind of metal and wheels; and he does not care for growing things, except as far as they serve him for the moment.’
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Book 3, Chapter 10
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‘Yes, when you also have the Keys of Barad-dûr itself, I suppose; and the crowns of seven kings, and the rods of the Five Wizards, and have purchased yourself a pair of boots many sizes larger than those you wear now. A modest plan. Hardly one in which my help is needed! I have other things to do. Do not be a fool. If you wish to treat with me, while you have a chance, go away, and come back when you are sober!’
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Saruman Quotes in The Two Towers
The The Two Towers quotes below are all either spoken by Saruman or refer to Saruman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 3, Chapter 4
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‘He was polite in those days, always asking my leave (at least when he met me); and always eager to listen. I told him many things that he would never have found out by himself; but he never repaid me in like kind. I cannot remember that he ever told me anything. And he got more and more like that; his face, as I remember it—I have not seen it for many a day—became like windows in a stone wall: windows with shutters inside.
‘I think that I now understand what he is up to. He is plotting to become a Power. He has a mind of metal and wheels; and he does not care for growing things, except as far as they serve him for the moment.’
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Book 3, Chapter 10
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‘Yes, when you also have the Keys of Barad-dûr itself, I suppose; and the crowns of seven kings, and the rods of the Five Wizards, and have purchased yourself a pair of boots many sizes larger than those you wear now. A modest plan. Hardly one in which my help is needed! I have other things to do. Do not be a fool. If you wish to treat with me, while you have a chance, go away, and come back when you are sober!’
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