"May your beer be ample and your days be merry."

"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations."

"Evil is not new. It is as old as the world itself."

"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."

"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…"