“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”

From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.

How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.

You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.

I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.

But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.

I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.

Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!

I will not walk backward in life.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

The question is always the same with a dragon: will he talk with you or will he eat you?

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

And she needs no prince or knight to save her, because her might is enough to tame dragons.

Unlike dragons, I love spicy salsa. In fact, the spicier the better.

Did you see The Never-Ending Story? That’s one kick-ass dragon. It’s basically a giant puppy dragon.

If I had Sirius FM and fire-breathing in a giant puppy dragon, I’d be golden.

At 23 years old, I came into politics as a dragon slayer. At 63 years old, I’m going out as a dragon.