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“After years of feeling like a misfit, I've realized that the world is full of other misfits, all of us identifying with Hobbits -…

— Tess Gerritsen

“And what more can hobbits do? They can be comic, but their comedy is suburban unless it is set against things more elemental.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“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

When I told my mom I was going to audition for 'The Hobbit,' she said, 'Well, you've always loved Tolkien.' And she was right.

— Richard Armitage

Oh, so it's a little like 'The Hobbit.'

— Rachel Green

“The English-Speaking world is divided into those who have read 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' and those who are going to…

— Sunday Times

The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien,…

— Ian Mckellen

“There are no folk like hobbits after all for a real good talk.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

All in all, Tolkien fans are as varied, remarkable and marvelous as the books and the worlds that they share. They make me feel…

— John Howe

“Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a…

— Anonymous

Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled…

— J. R. R. Tolkien