Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them.

There are truths, that are beyond us, transcendent truths, about beauty, truth, honor, etc. There are truths that man knows exist, but they cannot be seen - they are immaterial, but no less real, to us. It is only through the language of myth that we can speak of these truths.

For some time I lived in fear of receiving a letter signed 'S. Gollum'. That would have been more difficult to deal with.

please don't cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean.

I don't feel any guilt complex about The Lord of the Rings.

All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But... I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.

Gandalf thought of most things; and though he could not do everything, he could do a great deal for friends in a tight corner.