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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

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Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundat...more

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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

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Frodo raised his head, and then stood up. Despair had not left him, but the weakness had passed. He even smiled grimly, feeling now as clearly as a mo...more

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Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.