"I have spent my life in the company of books and I have learned much from them."

"An author cannot of course remain wholly unaffected by his experience, but the desire to write has to be given to him, and the means to write depends on his power to bring it out of himself."

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I…"

"But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass."

"Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!"