A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.

We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!

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).

A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.

There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.

Ultimately we've only got humanity to work with. It's only clay we've got.

And that's the way of a real tale. Take any one that you're fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of a tale it is, happy-ending or sad-ending, but the people in it don't know. And you don't want them to.