"I am going with him, if he..." - Quote by J R R Tolkien

“If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought, and reducing the frightful landslide into Theyocracy.”

“There cannot be any 'story' without a fall - all stories are ultimately about the fall - at least not for human minds as we know them and have them.”

“He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a long while. He thought of himself frying bacon and eggs in his own kitchen at home - for he could feel inside that it was high time for some meal or other; but that only made him miserabler.”

“Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.”

“Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.”

“Virtue's office never breaks men's troth.”

“Whenever he was out of luck and a little down-hearted, he would fall to mourning over the loss of a wonderful cat he used to own (for where women and children are not, men of kindly impulses take up with pets, for they must love something)”

“The heart of a friend gives out sufficient light for us in the dark to rise by.”

“I want her to be smart and kind... and I want you to fall in love with her, because you shouldn't spend the rest of your life alone.”