01c. 1937 ADBilbo was sadly reflecting that adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine...J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
02c. 1937 ADBut our back is to legends and we are coming home. I suppose this is the first taste of it.''There is a long road yet,' said Gandalf.'But it is the last road,' said Bilbo.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
03c. 1937 ADThe stars are far brighterThan gems without measure,The moon is far whiterThan silver in treasure;The fire is more shiningOn hearth in the gloamingThan gold won by mining,So why go a-roaming?J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
04c. 1937 ADFew can see wither their road will lead them, till they comes to it's end. - GimliJ.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
06c. 1937 ADIt seemed like all the way to tomorrow and over it to the days beyond.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
07c. 1937 ADWhy must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
08c. 1937 ADGood 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 further than the brim of his shady hat."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...."Good morning!" he said at last. "We don't want any adventures here, thank you! You might try over The Hill or across The Water." By this he meant that the conversation was at an end."What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
09c. 1937 ADAs they sang the hobbit felt in 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.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
10c. 1937 ADAdvice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
11c. 1937 ADGo not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
12c. 1937 ADBut it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait.''And it is also said,' answered Frodo: 'Go not to the Elves for counsel for they will answer both no and yes.''Is it indeed?' laughed Gildor. 'Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
13c. 1937 ADJustice is not Healing. Healing cometh only by suffering and patience, and maketh no demand, not even for Justice. Justice worketh only within the bonds of things as they are... and therefore though Justice is itself good and desireth no further evil, it can but perpetuate the evil that was, and doth not prevent it from the bearing of fruit in sorrow.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
14c. 1937 ADAnd now leave me in peace for a bit! I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!""Good Heavens!" said Pippin. "At breakfast?J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
15c. 1937 ADI may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
16c. 1937 ADIt 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.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
17c. 1937 ADI 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 adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
18c. 1937 ADWhy O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
19c. 1937 ADRover did not know in the least where the moon's path led to, and at present he was much too frightened and excited to ask, and anyway he was beginning to get used to extraordinary things happening to him.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
20c. 1937 ADThey hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and the lights in the windows went out. A voice shouted in the dark: 'Who's that? Be off! You can't come in. Can't you read the notice: No admittance between sundown and sunrise?' 'Of course we can't read the notice in the dark,' Sam shouted back. 'And if hobbits of the Shire are to be kept out in the wet on a night like this, I'll tear down your notice when I find it.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
21c. 1937 ADYou certainly usually find something if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
22c. 1937 ADThey were at the end of their journey, but as far as ever, it seemed, from the end of their quest.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
24c. 1937 ADThis is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am glad that I have shared in your perils -- that has been more than any baggins deserves.J.R.R. Tolkien / quote ↗
