The Hobbit Quotes
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
"The mother of our particular hobbit—what is a hobbit?"
"This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins."
"You could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him."
"He may have lost the neighbours’ respect, but he gained—well, you will see whether he gained anything in the end."
"It had a dry floor and some comfortable nooks."
"Following him they found themselves in a wide hall with a fire-place in the middle."
"I was coming over the mountains with a friend or two…" said the wizard.
"I don’t need your service, thank you," said Beorn, "but I expect you need mine."
"There was a terrible storm; the stone-giants were out hurling rocks, and at the head of the pass we took refuge in a cave, the hobbit and I and several of our companions…"
"Troop of ponies? What were you—a travelling circus? Or were you carrying lots of goods? Or do you always call six a troop?"
"O let ’em all come! Hurry up! Come along, you two, and sit down! But look here, Gandalf, even now we have only got yourself and ten dwarves and the hobbit that was lost. That only makes eleven (plus one mislaid) and not fourteen, unless wizards count differently to other people."
"Good heavens!" growled Beorn. "Don’t pretend that goblins can’t count. They can. Twelve isn’t fifteen and they know it."
"Good-bye then, and really good-bye!" said Gandalf, and he turned his horse and rode down into the West.
"The wind was on the withered heath, but in the forest stirred no leaf: there shadows lay by night and day, and dark things silent crept beneath."
"Is it a crime to be lost in the forest, to be hungry and thirsty, to be trapped by spiders?"
"I am like a burglar that can’t get away, but must go on miserably burgling the same house day after day."
"Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!"
"Stop playing hide-and-seek! Give me a light, and then eat me, if you can catch me!"
"Every now and again, while he was still near enough, they caught a glint and a tinkle as he stumbled on some golden thing."
"It was the Arkenstone, the Heart of the Mountain."
"Now I am a burglar indeed! thought he. But I suppose I must tell the dwarves about it—some time."
"But now what am I to do? Which is East, South, North, or West?"
"The light’s gone out! Someone come and find me and help me!"
"Certainly not the dragon, or he would not go on squeaking."
"I feel magnificent, he thought; but I expect I look rather absurd."
"I would give a good many of these precious goblets for a drink of something cheering out of one of Beorn’s wooden bowls!"
"We are not looking for gold yet, but for a way of escape; and we have tempted luck too long!"
"But most of the dwarves were more practical: they gathered gems and stuffed their pockets."
"His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread, And ever so his foes shall fall."
"The king is come unto his hall Under the Mountain dark and tall."
"The Elvenking is my friend, and he has succoured the people of the Lake in their need, though they had no claim but friendship on him."
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
"So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!"