“I will not walk backward in life.”

I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.

There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

Fair speech may hide a foul heart.

Never laugh at live dragons.

The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.

I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.

I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

Not all those who wander are lost.

False hopes are more dangerous than fears.

I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

The road goes ever on and on

May the hair on your toes never fall out!

I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.

If you continue to do what you’ve always done, you will continue to have what you’ve always had.

Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation.

I love a success story, but even more than a success story; I like a dude who fucks his life up and gets his life together again story.

Beauty is more than just shining for others. You don’t need to have the perfect face to be beautiful. Being ugly or beautiful is a matter of energy, and true beauty comes from the heart.

Never settle for the crumbs of life.

If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.

Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.

You can’t conquer reality by running away from it.