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The Hobbit

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
— The Hobbit live
"Good morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out farther than the brim of his shady hat.
— The Hobbit art
"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.
— The Hobbit good
"I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone."
— The Hobbit adventure
"I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!"
— The Hobbit art
Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away ere break of day To seek the pale enchanted gold.
— The Hobbit day
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.
— The Hobbit love
The stars were out in a dark sky above the trees. He thought of the jewels of the dwarves shining in dark caverns. Suddenly in the wood beyond The Water a flame leapt up - probably somebody lighting a wood-fire - and he thought of plundering dragons settling on his quiet Hill and kindling it all to flames. He shuddered; and very quickly he was plain Mr Baggins of Bag-End, Under-Hill, again.
— The Hobbit war
"I should like to know about risks, out-of-pocket expenses, time required and remuneration, and so forth" - by which he meant: "What am I going to get out of it? and am I going to come back alive?"
— The Hobbit time
Old Took's great-grand-uncle Bullroarer...was so huge (for a hobbit) that he could ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of The Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul's head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit hole, and in this way the battle was won and the game of Golf invented at the same moment.
— The Hobbit men
Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it dont look like mutton again tomorrer, said one of the trolls.
— The Hobbit day
What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?One of Gollums riddles for Bilbo. The answer is mountain.
— The Hobbit body
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.One of Gollums riddles for Bilbo. The answer is dark.
— The Hobbit life
This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.One of Gollums riddles for Bilbo. The answer is time.
— The Hobbit time
I should like to know about risks, out-of-pocket expenses, time required and remuneration, and so forth—by which he meant: What am I going to get out of it? and am I going to come back alive?
— The Hobbit time
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.One of Gollums riddles for Bilbo. The answer is wind.
— The Hobbit win
Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.One of Gollums riddles for Bilbo. The answer is fish.
— The Hobbit death
As all things come to an end, even this story, a day came at last when they were in sight of the country where Bilbo had been born and bred, where the shapes of the land and of the trees were as well known to him as his hands and toes.
— The Hobbit story
but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to.
— The Hobbit good
Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.
— The Hobbit horror
He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment.
— The Hobbit art
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth, but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession; and Smaug was no exception.
— The Hobbit wealth
No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs, four-legs got some.One of Bilbos riddles for Gollum. The answer is fish on a little table, man at table sitting on a stool, the cat has the bones.
— The Hobbit man
The stars were out in a dark sky above the trees. He thought of the jewels of the dwarves shining in dark caverns. Suddenly in the wood beyond The Water a flame leapt up—probably somebody lighting a wood-fire—and he thought of plundering dragons settling on his quiet Hill and kindling it all to flames. He shuddered; and very quickly he was plain Mr. Baggins of Bag-End, Under-Hill, again.
— The Hobbit war
You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
— The Hobbit you
“If you had dusted the mantelpiece, you would have found this just under the clock,” said Gandalf, handing Bilbo a note written, of course, on his own note-paper.
— The Hobbit man

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