J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.”

“A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.”

“The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.”

“A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.”

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”

“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”

“Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world.”

“I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.”

“Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.”

“The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.”