"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."

"The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards."

"I wish it need not have happened in my time, ' said Frodo. 'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do w…"

"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."

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