No Victory Without Suffering

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

You renounce your friendship even in the hour of our need ' he said. 'Yet you were glad indeed to receive our aid when you came at last to these shores fainthearted loiterers and well-nigh emptyhanded. In huts on the beaches would you be dwelling still had not the Noldor carved out your haven and toiled upon your walls.

He stands not alone. You would die before your stroke fell.

May the hair on your toes never fall out!

I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.

The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.