The Hobbit Quotes

“The Lord of the Rings”

“"Who shall we sit on first?" said the voice.”

“'Victory after all, I suppose! Well, it seems a very gloomy business.'”

“A box without hinges, key, or lid,
yet golden treasure inside is hid.”

“The official Tolkien website.”

“No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs, four-legs got some.”

“Wikipedia: The Hobbit”

“Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.”

“"There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself."”

“"Thief, thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it for ever!"”

“''What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?”

“You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”

“Every UK edition of The Hobbit”

“Collection of edition covers, 1937–2005”

“"Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it don't look like mutton again tomorrer," said one of the trolls.”

“Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.”

“...but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to.”

“Every Dutch edition of The Hobbit”

“Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.”

““Where iss it? Where iss it?” Bilbo heard him crying. “Losst it is, my precious, lost, lost! Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!””