Oft hope is born when all is forlorn. - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

"I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny. [...] I do not believe that darkness will endure!"

"We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me."

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

"For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."

"Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do."