“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
the Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax
in Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Tolkien Was a Hobbit! (A Tall One)
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“I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; I like, and even dare to wear in these dull days, ornamental waistcoats. I am fond of mushrooms (out of a field); have a very simple sense of humour (which even my appreciative critics find tiresome); I go to bed late and get up late (when possible). I do not travel much.”
JRR Tolkien
Quote: Mental Knitting
To me, detective stories are a great solace, a sort of mental knitting, where it doesn’t matter if you drop a stitch.
Rupert Hart-Davis, letter to George Lyttelton