“This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“the back again carrying Bilbo, was grabbed from behind in the dark. He shouted” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Bilbo shut his mouth tight with a snap. “That’s right,” said Gandalf.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The realm of Sauron is ended!’ said Gandalf. ‘The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest.’ And” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The ring!" exclaimed Frodo. 'Has he left me that? I wonder why. Still, it may be useful.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Gandalf sat at the head of the party with the thirteen dwarves all round: and Bilbo sat on a stool at the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Gandalf looked at him. My dear Bilbo! he said. Something is the matter with you! You are not the hobbit that you… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Frodo: Sam! Wood-Elves! They're going to the harbour beyond the White Towers. To the Grey Havens Sam: They're leaving Middle-earth. Frodo: Never… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I am commanded to go to the land of Mordor, and therefore I shall go,' said Frodo. 'If there is only one… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Still we shall have to try,' said Frodo. 'It's no worse than I expected. I never hoped to get across. I can't… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Frodo gave a cry, and there he was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing like a mad… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Put on a few eggs, there’s a good fellow!” Gandalf called after him, as the hobbit stumped off to the pantries. “And… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Yes, perhaps, yes' said Gollum. 'Sméagol always helps, if they asks - if they asks nicely.' ''Right!' says Sam. 'I does ask.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Yet also I should be sad,’ said Théoden. ‘For however the fortune of war shall go, may it not so end that… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“On all this Bilbo looked with misery. He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves - partly because there was… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Well here we are, just the four of us that started out together,' said Merry. 'We have left all the rest behind,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“There was a lot more to that song,' said Sam, 'all about Mordor. I didn’t learn that part, it gave me the… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it were known that hobbits had… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“He muttered that he was going to get his own back. People would see if he would stand being kicked, and driven… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Knowing the truth about the vanishing did not lessen their opinion of Bilbo at all; for they saw that he had some… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“He paused and looked at Frodo doubtfully. ‘Have you got it here?’ he asked in a whisper. ‘I can’t help feeling curious,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“O Gandalf, best of friends, what am I to do? For now I am really afraid. What am I to do? What… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“What did I tell you? Something's happening!' cried Sam. '"The war's going well," said Shagrat; but Gorbag he wasn't so sure. And… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Sam looked at his master with approval, but also with surprise: there was a look in his face and a tone in… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“In the evening they went to say good-bye to Bilbo. 'Well, if you must go, you must,' he said. 'I am sorry.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Hush!" said Gandalf from the shadows at the back of the porch. "Evil things do not come into this valley; but all… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Despair, or folly?' said Gandalf. 'It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“And so Gollum found them hours later, when he returned, crawling and creeping down the path out of the gloom ahead. Sam… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“This is the Master-ring, the One Ring to rule them all. This is the One Ring that he lost many ages ago,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The light sprang up again, and there on the brink of the chasm, at the very Crack of Doom, stood Frodo, black… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The names of the dwarves in The Hobbit were taken from verses of a very ancient Norse poem called Voluspà.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I will vouch for him before the seat of Denethor,' said Gandalf. 'And as for valour, that cannot be computed by stature. He has… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“I have chosen Mr Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar, a Burglar… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for there is… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Sméagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?' 'Po-ta-toes,' said Sam. 'The Gaffer's delight, and rare… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“But the Queen Arwen said: 'A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“If you lived near the edge of Mirkwood, you would take the word of no one that you did not know as well as… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“He was dark-haired as his mother, and promised to be like her in mood also; for he was not merry, and spoke little, though… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Sam: Mordor. The one place in Middle-earth we don't want to see any closer, and the one place we're trying to get to. It's… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and crown perish With strength that men trusted And wealth that they cherish, Here grass is still… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Seguid si es vuestro deber —dijo—, yo me echaré aquí a dormir y a soñar con comida, ya que no puedo tenerla de otro… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share
“Co to mělo v kapšiškách? Nechtělo to říct, ne, milášku. Podvodníšek mrňavá. Nefér otázka. Podvádělo to první. Poruššilo to pravidla. Měli šme to žmáčknout,… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share