I found the quote, it's in "the stairs of Cirith Ongul". I'm translating it from Norwegian so it will differ quite a bit from the original version.
Sam and Frodo are sleeping in the stairs when Guollum returns after talking to Hutula.
Quote:
And this is how Gollum found them several hours later when he came back, crawling and creeping down the path from the dark above. Sam sat with his back against the cliff; his head was resting against his shoulder, and he breathed heavily. Frodo was lying in his lap, sound asleep. One of Sams brown hands was lying over his white forehead, and the other lay on his masters chest. Both faces were peacefull.
Gollum watched them. A strange expression crossed his thin, hungry face. His gleaming eyes faded, became pale and grey, old and weary. It looked like he twisted in a sudden pain, and he turned away, peered up towards the mountain pass, shock his head like something inside of him was discussing fiercely. Then he came back slowly reached out a shaking hand. Carefuly, carefuly he touched Frodos knee - but the touch was almost a caress. If any of the sleeping had seen him there for a short moment, they would have thought they saw an old, weary Hobbit, shrinked of all the years who had taken him far past the time measured him, beyond friends and relatives and the fields and streems of youth. An old, pitiful being.
But at the touch Frodo moved and bursted something silently in his sleep. Sam woke up at once. The first thing he saw was Gollum - who thought he was "fingering" with his master. "you there!" he said, with a gruffy voice. "what are you doing?"
"nothing, nothing," Gollum said silently. "kind master!"
But where have you been - sneaking away and sneaking back again, old scoundrel?"
Gollum pulled away, and it shined a green flash under his heavy eyelids. Almost like a spider he looked; his eyes bulging and he duobled up on his springy limbs. The short moment was forever past.
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Bear in mind that this is a translation by me from the Norwegian book.
I think this proves Gollum was far from a 100% evil being, he had doubts about sending Frodo (not Sam, admittedly) to Hutula, and I actualy think there was hope for him. If it hadn't been for that Sam!