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.

Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back.

Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.

My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!

When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.

Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother.

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

It seemed like all the way to tomorrow and over it to the days beyond.

This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.

I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less.

please don't cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean.

When you recognize or experience the truth about yourself you automatically feel love, because love is a quality of your true consciousness and true ideas.

You may think the thing dangling between a guy's legs is his most sensitive part, but it's not. It's his precious ego. Never forget that, Allie.

And I didn't tell mom what happened. She'd already warned me that bad things could hide in the most unlikely places.

I couldn't think of one clever way to stop this guy, so I just trusted to mindless violence.

Nothing that can be, can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes.

Believe in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, you can't accomplish your goals. Know that you can do anything and anything will happen.

If you'd rather go to the football game than read a comic, that's fine. I'd rather do both.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.

We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.