With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!

But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.

Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. (Of Sam)

Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.

Alas, not me, lord!" she said. "Shadow lies on me still. Look not to me for healing! I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is ungentle.

Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.

I do not believe this darkness will endure.