More quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

"I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to"
"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
"I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory."
"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."
"Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed."