“ No! said Thorin. There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Never leave your master, never, never: that was my right rule. And I knew it in my heart. May I be forgiven! J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Many a man has a treasure in his hoard that he knows not the worth of. (Sellic Spell) J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad that he could not see the dead face. He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ In the evening they went to say good-bye to Bilbo. 'Well, if you must go, you must,' he said. 'I am sorry. I shall miss you. It is nice just to know that you are about the place. But I am getting very… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ In my despair my enemy was my only hope, and I pursued him, clutching at his heel. Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways... J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I have never been out of my own land before. And if I had known what the world outside was like, I don't think I should have had the heart to leave it.' 'Not even to see fair Lothlorien?' said Haldir.… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.' I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventur… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I am like a burglar that can't get away, but must go on miserably burgling the same house day after day.—Bilbo Baggins J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I am frightened; and I do not feel any pity for Gollum.’ ‘You have not seen him,’ Gandalf broke in. ‘No, and I don’t want to,’ said Frodo. ‘I can’t understand you. Do you mean to say that you, and the… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ I am (obviously) much in love with plants and above all trees, and always have been; and I find human maltreatment of them as hard to bear as some find ill-treatment of animals. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Hobbits!’ he thought. ‘Well, what next? I have heard of strange doings in this land, but I have seldom heard of a hobbit sleeping out of doors under a tree. Three of them! There’s something mighty que… J.R.R. Tolkien
“ Hobbits delighted in such things, if they were accurate; they liked to have books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradictions. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. J.R.R. Tolkien
