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"
"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."
"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."
"Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed."
"I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory."