But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him when he departs to the Havens: for mine is the choice of Luthien, and as she so have I chosen, both the sweet and the bitter.

Don't tell us about dreams – dream dinners aren't any good and we can't share them.

Art is the human process that produces by the way (it is not its only or ultimate object) Secondary Belief.

Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.

I'm in a position where it doesn't matter what people think of me now.