The Hobbit Quotes

“His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Or, There And Back Again

“To think I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“In those days of our tale, there were still some people who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors and Elrond, the master of the house, was their chief. He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves and as kind as summer.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“I don't think I know your name.'
'Yes, yes my dear sir and I do know your name Mr. Bilbo Baggins. And you do know my name, though you don't remember that I belong to it. I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Adventures only make you late for dinner.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"

"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors, into the bargain.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Hush, hush! Good People! and good night!" said Gandalf, who came last. "Valleys have ears, and some elves have over marry tongues. Good night!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“If the elf-king had a weakness it was for treasure, especially for silver and white gems; and though his hoard was rich, he was ever eager for more, since he had not yet as great a treasure as other elf-lords of old.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“They shall see me and remember who is the real King under the Mountain! -Smaug”
― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“I am sorry to say he did not mind. He was quite content; and the sound of the kettle on his hearth was ever after more musical than it had been even in the quiet days before the Unexpected Party.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Back now to the mountain!" cried Thorin. "We have little time to lose." "And little food to use!" cried Bilbo, always practical on such points. In any case he felt that the adventure was, properly speaking, over with the death of the dragon.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“The sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but never before used or wanted”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and live.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Hay en ti muchas virtudes que tú mismo ignoras. Hijo del bondadoso Oeste. Algo de coraje y algo de sabiduría , mezclados con mesura. Si muchos de nosotros dieran más valor a la comida , la alegría y las canciones que al oro atesorado , este sería un mundo más feliz.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Where there’s life there’s hope.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“He must stab the foul thing, put its eyes out, kill it. It meant to kill him. No, not a fair fight. He was invisible now. Gollum had no sword. Gollum had not actually threatened to kill him, or tried to yet. And he was miserable, alone, lost. 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 betterment, hard stone, cold fish, sneaking and whispering. All these thoughts passed in a flash of a second. He trembled.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air. I am he that walks unseen.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Now is the time for our esteemed Mr. Baggins, who has proved himself a good companion on our long road, and a hobbit full of courage and resource far exceeding his size, and if I may say so possessed of good luck far exceeding the usual allowance - now is the time for him to perform the service for which he was included in our Company; now is the timr for him to earn his Reward.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“It was a terrible battle. The most dreadful of all Bilbo's experiences, and the one which at the time he hated most -- which is to say it was the one he was most proud of, and most fond of recalling long afterwards, although he was quite unimportant in it.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“As they sang the hobbit felt the love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving through him, a fierce and a jealous love, the desire of the hearts of dwarves. Something Tookish woke up inside him.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“You can say Expert Treasure-hunter instead of Burglar if you like.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“ولی خب ، عجیب است تعریف چیزهای خوبی که آدم داشته و روزهای خوشی که گذرانده خیلی طول نمیکشد و زیاد هم شنیدنی نیست اما از چیزهای ناراحت کننده و دلهره آور و حتی فجیع ، قصه خوبی در می آید.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Yes, yes and i want to get unlost... As soon as possible!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit