J.R.R. Tolkien — "I am not a kind of 'vegetarian' who is opposed to the eating of meat per se. I j…"

"I am a hobbit. I like my food, my comfort, and my peace, and I don't like adventures. Not that I'm against adventures, mind you. I just prefer them to be in books."

"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its consistent int…"

"I have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."

"A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities."

"Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil."