J.R.R. Tolkien — "I have been a soldier in a great war, and I have seen the evil that men can do."

"I have a peculiar feeling that if I were to ask for a cup of tea, I would get a cup of tea. And that is a very dangerous feeling."

"The last person to call me 'Master' was a hobbit, and he was quite wrong."

"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…"

"The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision."

"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…"