Battle Quote by J. R. R. Tolkien

Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something.

— Anonymous

“Bilbo almost stopped breathing, and went stiff himself. He was desperate. He must get away, out of this horrible darkness, while he had any…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“On all this Bilbo looked with misery. He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves - partly because there was more chance…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“then coiling his length together, roaring like thunder underground, he sped from his deep lair through its great door, out into the huge passages…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“the back again carrying Bilbo, was grabbed from behind in the dark. He shouted”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of…

— Anonymous

“The physical distress was over, but something else still remained, some sort of free-floating disquiet, at first hard to comprehend, but which he came…

— Robert Silverberg

“He considered going for his hammer, which lay just out of reach, or maybe diving for Ganelon instead, since waking the warrior was probably…

— Nicholas Eames

Danger followed in his wake . . . followed, because it wouldn’t dare get in his way.

— Larissa Ione

“O Gandalf, best of friends, what am I to do? For now I am really afraid. What am I to do? What a pity…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds.

— John Flanagan

“The battle-fire had dropped over him, burning him everywhere with its righteous heat, sizzling his sight, frying his synapses and roasting his heart in…

— Stephen King