Courage_Of_Hobbits
"Great! Where are we going?"
"But what about second breakfast?"
"No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees."
"Your talk of sniffling riders with invisible noses has unsettled me."
"Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?"
"I believe if I refuse to grow old, I can stay young 'til I die."
"We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees."
"I wish Merry was here," he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. "Well, well, now at any rate I understand poor Denethor a little better. We might die together, Merry and I, and since die we must, why not? Well, as he is not here, I hope he'll find an easier end. But now I must do my best."