“There was nothing to be done with him and his kind - unless you were prepared to shoot them.”

“There was nothing that could prepare a person for discovering they were a pawn in a war between mythical beings. Unless you know… you were Frodo.”

“Are you prepared then, to shoot a human being?" he asked, trying not to let Jenny sense his own internal unease. "It's not the same as shooting a duck or gazelle."Jenny's violet eyes met his straight on. "If that human being was about to harm any one of us, I'd feel worse about shooting the duck. It, at least, would have done nothing to deserve a bullet.”

“Unless people are prepared to declare themselves your enemies you have to hunt around for them.”

“Nothing ever gets done unless it's done by a fanatic.”

“you like to have some cup of tea?-July bent at the doorway and began that day for them as his kind has always done for their kind.”