Peter Reilly

“He wondered what the man’s name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“How many forgotten heroes sleep in history's great cemetery?”
― Laurent Binet, HHhH

“There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones

“But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings