https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3875-i-feel-thin-sort-of-stretched-like-butter-scraped-over https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3875-i-feel-thin-sort-of-st... Tol

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3875-i-feel-thin-sort-of-stretched-like-butter-scraped-over https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3875-i-feel-thin-sort-of-st... Tolkien apparently, although I definitely remember a similar Pratchett quote.