What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?' said Sam, sheathing his sword. 'Wolves won't get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head!

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

I invented that little rhyme about 'One Ring to rule them all', I remember, in the bath one day.

There cannot be any 'story' without a fall - all stories are ultimately about the fall - at least not for human minds as we know them and have them.

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself).