"It seems that you have heard in Rohan of the words that
troubled Minas Tirith. They spoke of the Halfling. These hobbits are Halflings."
"Halflings!" laughed the Rider that stood beside Eomer.
"Halflings! But they are only a little people in old songs and children's
tales out of the North. Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in
the daylight?"
"A man may do both," said Aragorn. "For not we but those
who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say
you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light
of day!"
-Aragorn and Eomer's first meeting