J. R. R. Tolkien

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

The real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.

If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.

I don't like allegories.

I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'

Courage is found in unlikely places.