I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choo... - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

"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."

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."

"I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory."

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