Tolkien

Do we sit back while others claim what is rightfully ours? Or do we seize this chance to take back Erebor? Du Bekâr! Du Bekâr!

Not for ourselves, but we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us.  Keep him blind to all else that moves.

“ᴼᵘʳ ᶠᵒʳᶜᵉˢ ʳᵃˡˡⁱᵉᵈ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵈʳᵒᵛᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒʳᶜˢ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ. ᴼᵘʳ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ ʰᵃᵈ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ᵈᵉᶠᵉᵃᵗᵉᵈ. ᴮᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ʷᵃˢ ⁿᵒ ᶠᵉᵃˢᵗ, ⁿᵒ ˢᵒⁿᵍ, ᵗʰᵃᵗ ⁿⁱᵍʰᵗ, ᶠᵒʳ ᵒᵘʳ ᵈᵉᵃᵈ ʷᵉʳᵉ ᵇᵉʸᵒⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵍʳⁱᵉᶠ. ᵂᵉ ᶠᵉʷ ʰᵃᵈ ˢᵘʳᵛⁱᵛᵉᵈ.”

“It was a dwarf with a blue beard tucked into a golden belt, and very bright eyes under his dark-green hood. As soon a the door was opened, he pushed inside, just as if he had been expected.”

“You are more worthy to wear the armour of elf-princes than many that have looked more comely in it.”

“I will take each and every one of these dwarves over an army from the Iron Hills. For when I called upon them, they came. Loyalty. Honor. A willing heart. I can ask no more than that.”

“I wish the Ring would have never come to me.”

“You think the Elves will give our quest their blessing? They will try to stop us.”

“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”

“I will have war.”

“The line of Durin would not be so easily  b r o k e n.”

“You lack all honor! I’ve seen how you treat your friends. We came to you once, starving, homeless, seeking your help, but you turned your back. You turned away from the suffering of my people and the inferno that destroyed us!”

“There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.” 

“You started this, Mithrandir. You will forgive me if I finish it.”

“That’s not an elf-maid.”

“But the Queen Arwen said: 'A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him now when he departs to the Havens; for mine is the choice of Luthien, and as she so I have chosen, both the sweet and the bitter. But in my stead you shall go, Ring-bearer, when the time comes, and if you then desire it. If your hurts grieve you still and the memory or your burden is heavy, then you may pass into the West, until all your wounds and weariness are healed. But wear this now in memory of Elfstone and Evenstar with whom your life has been woven!' And she took a white gem like a star that lay upon her breast hanging upon a silver chain, and she set the chain around Frodo's neck. 'When the memory of the fear and the darkness troubles you,' she said, 'this will bring you aid.”

“And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!”