More quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

"I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?"
"Courage is found in unlikely places."
"I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."
"Never laugh at live dragons."
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."