To be a dwarf in peace is more honourable than to be a…

“Allow me," said the elf, proffering Gimlet's beard to Frito, who was now sneezing uncontrollably.”

— The Harvard Lampoon

A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.

— Seneca the Younger

“A dowdy, depressed dwarf.”

— Mary Kay Andrews

“He who makes fun of a short and fat man’s weight is much less cruel than he who makes fun of his height.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“in the following Appendices, especially A to D, see the note at the end of the Prologue. The section A III, Durin’s Folk, was…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Dwarf down! I say again, Dwarf down! Don’t trust the Elves!”

— Michael Chatfield

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

— Anonymous

We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.

— Tariq Ali

Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines.

— Richard Armitage

“One of those was occupied by a dwarf. Clean-shaved and pink-cheeked, with a mop of chestnut hair, a heavy brow, and a squashed nose,…

— George R.R. Martin

“I would cut off your head, dwarf, if it stood but a bit higher off the ground.”

— Eomer

“I think a cool band name would be War Dwarf. Of course, I’m entirely too tall and peaceful to be a member. Not to…

— Jarod Kintz

Remember that when you think you are seeing giants, they may not be giants at all; perhaps it is you who is the dwarf

— C. JoyBell C

Once upon a time there was a dwarf knight who only had fifty words to live in and they were so fleeting that he…

— Richard Brautigan

“I was the eighth dwarf. Sneaky.”

— Alan Bradley