"I have been a linguist all my life, and I love languages."

"I have a hatred of democracy, and a contempt for it."

"Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight."

"It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit."

"The hobbits are, in fact, a self-portrait, if I may say so, not of what I am, but of what I should like to be."