“Sometimes there is no happy choice, Sam, only one less grievous than the others.”
“Sometimes there's other reason for helping, other than personal gain or benefit," added Sam softly. "Friendship, companionship, trust and love are not confined to light alone...they are harder won, fewer seen...but no less real.”
“I only like two other things; one is bad for my work and the other is over in half an hour or fifteen minutes. Sometimes less. Sometimes a good deal less.”
“Sometimes friends make mistakes. Grievous ones that cry out for us to stay and prove we are true friends.”
“On the other hand, sometimes a happy delusion is better than grim reality.”
“If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”