Far over the misty mountains grim To dungeons deep and caverns dim We must away, ere break of day, To win our… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
...Though I have told you the truth, I may not have told you all of it.... — Bilbo Baggins Copy Share Image
The pines were roaring on the height, The wind was moaning in the night. The fire was red, it flaming spread; The… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
Goblets they carved there for themselves And harps of gold; where no man delves There lay they long, and many a song… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
“If more people valued home, above gold, this world would be a merrier place...” — Thorin Oakenshield Copy Share Image
The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Far over the misty mountains cold. To dungeons deep, and caverns old” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
[on Martin Freeman playing Bilbo Baggins] It was great. I got to hang out with him, and I kept a straight face… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“As they sang the hobbit felt in love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving through… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
For ancient king and elvish lord There many a gleaming golden hoard They shaped and wrought, and light they caught To hide… — JRR 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
“If most of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
On silver necklaces they strung The flowering stars, on crowns they hung The dragon-fire, in twisted wire They meshed the light of… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I am tired of stairs and stone passages. i would give a good deal for the feel of grass at my toes.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The mountain smoked beneath the moon; The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom. They fled their hall to dying fall Beneath… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
The bells were ringing in the dale And men looked up with faces pale; The dragon's ire more fierce than fire Laid… — JRR Tolkien Copy Share Image
“I suppose hobbits need some descriptions nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big people, as they call us.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image