Slight changes simply make a blur.

Look, up at the sky. There is a light, a beauty up there, that no shadow can touch

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.

Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.

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

The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And if he was really evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home. If he would not rather have stayed there in peace. War will make corpses of us all.