"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I…"

"I have a hatred of democracy, and a contempt for it."

"The last person to call me 'Master' was a hobbit, and he was quite wrong."

"There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember that you are in the Wild, and in the Wild there are many perils."

"Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either beguile Children or delude them by its pleasantness into taking non-existent things for…"