"It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance."
"Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." —J. R. R. Tolkien

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. —Albert Einstein

Be realistic. Demand the impossible. —Ernesto "Che" Guevara

The absurd man is he who never changes. —Georges Clemenceau

The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting. —Amanda Cross

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. —G. K. Chesterton

Speech is silver; silence is golden. —DrÿSs

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. —Heraclitus