"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!"
"Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed."
"The treacherous are ever distrustful."
"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."
"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."
"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."