Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and everlasting life.

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations.

Adventures make one late for supper.

Leave him! I said. I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the Moon; and if any of these Black Riders try to stop him, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with, I said. They laughed.

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

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.