“Do I suffer this impertinence because of the possession of a German name, or do their lunatic laws require a certification of ‘arisch’ origin from all persons of all countries?” –Tolkien to his publishers writing about a letter from a German publisher inquiring if he was of aryan origins.

“I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride.” –Tolkien to the German publishing company (though Stanley and Unwin may have sent a letter without this comment).