A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
From J. R. R. Tolkien
A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.
Middle English is an exciting field - almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one turns detailed personal attention on to any little corner of it, the received notions and ideas seem to crumple up and fall to pieces - as far as language goes, at any rate.
You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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