Over the field rang his clear voice calling: ‘Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world’s ending!

Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off).

I am in fact a hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated).

I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.

Handsome is as handsome does

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you. ~Hamfast Gamgee (the Gaffer)