He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;... - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
"He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long as despair could be postponed."
"He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long as despair could be postponed."
"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."
"The day will bring hope for me,"said Aragorn. "Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if men defended it?""So the minstrels say,"said Éomer."Then let us defend it, and hope!"
"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
"Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed."
"I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory."