It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the... - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

"All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.From the ashes a fire shall be woken,A light from the shadows shall spring;Renewed shall be blade that was broken,The crownless again shall be king."

"The world was fair, the mountains tallIn Elder Days before the fall..."

"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."