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The Hobbit quotes

J. R. R. Tolkien

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“But I don't think I ought to leave my friends like this, after all we have gone through together.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“While there's life there's hope!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“You have nice manners for a thief and a liar” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Moreover the wealthy may have pity beyond right on the needy that befriended them when they were in want.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is morning to be good on?” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Never laugh at live dragons” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Your lullaby would waken a drunken goblin!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Go back? . . . No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Things are drawing towards the end now, unless I am mistaken. There is an unpleasant time just in front of you; but keep your heart up!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal...” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Now I know what a piece of bacon feels like when it is suddenly picked out of the pan on a fork and put back on the shelf!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“O Gandalf! . . . May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explanation?” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Now goblins are cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted. They make no beautiful things, but they make many clever ones.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth, but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession; and Smaug was no exception.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“May your shadow never grow less (or stealing would be too easy)!” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“It seemed like all the way to tomorrow and over it to the days beyond.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“He thought much but said little, unless it was to call loudly for men to bring him fire and food.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature. I don't know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollum—as dark as darkness, except for two big round pale eyes in his thin face.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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