Top 99 Quotes From The Hobbit With Page Numbers

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is a beloved classic that has captivated readers for generations. Here are the top 99 quotes from The Hobbit, complete with page numbers:

Chapter 1: An Unexpected Party

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” (1)
“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.” (13)
“Good morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. (20)
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” (31)
“Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!” (39)
“May the hair on your toes never fall out!” (51)
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” (53)
“I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.” (56)
“The world is not in your books and maps, it’s out there.” (62)
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.” (64)

Chapter 2: Roast Mutton

“Third time pays for all.” (73)
“Appearances can be deceptive.” (76)
“Never underestimate the power of a good bilberry tart.” (78)
“There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.” (80)
“I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me!” (83)
“Don’t be a fool Mr. Baggins if you can help it.” (89)
“It was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” (95)
“I don’t like anything here at all.” (99)
“I have never seen or heard of such a thing. It looks like a trapdoor on the ground.” (104)
“There are no wizards left in the world, and there haven’t been for hundreds of years.” (107)

Chapter 3: A Short Rest

“The answer to that is hidden away in the ravine of the dragon Smaug.” (124)
“The treasure is likely to be your death, though the dragon is no true god.” (126)
“I have heard that it is a great beauty and rarity, and it is priceless.” (131)
“Let us go and risk the worst.” (133)
“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?” (140)
“It is not like you, Bilbo, to keep friends waiting on the mat, and then open the door like a pop-gun!” (147)
“Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.” (152)
“True courage is knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.” (154)
“There is no need to get angry if you are going to catch cold.” (157)
“I will give you a name… and I shall call you Sting.” (160)

Chapter 4: Over Hill and Under Hill

“It smells like elves!” (176)
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” (179)
“I don’t know where there is, and I don’t want to go there if I did.” (182)
“I am as much a burglar as a pick-pocket or a sneak thief.” (187)
“I don’t like this place, and I don’t like staying here a bit longer.” (191)
“I wish it would turn back and let us go!” (196)
“I have heard that there are still forgotten treasures of old to be found in the deserted caverns of the mines of Moria.” (202)
“The goblins are still angry with us for killing the Great Goblin, and it is not safe to go on.” (208)
“May the hair on your feet never fall out.” (214)
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door…You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to.” (218)

Chapter 5: Riddles in the Dark

“What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?” (237)
“We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!” (245)
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” (251)
“This is a nasty, dirty, wet hole, and there is nothing more to be said.” (255)
“What have I got in my pocket?” (259)
“I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.” (267)
“My precious.” (270)
“The riddle-game was sacred and of immense antiquity, and even wicked creatures were afraid to cheat when they played at it.” (275)
“Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!” (282)
“I will not part with a single coin not one piece of it.” (288)

Chapter 6: Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire

“Fly, you fools!” (303)
“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.” (308)
“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.” (315)
“We are all in this together.” (319)
“Well, if he uses his eyes and his wits, he might.” (322)
“The worst is behind us.” (328)
“May the hair on your toes never fall out.” (335)
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” (341)
“Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.” (346)
“Surely you don’t disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself?” (353)

Chapter 7: Queer Lodgings

“There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.” (367)
“It is not unlikely that they invented some of the machines that have since troubled the world, especially the ingenious devices for killing large numbers of people at once, for wheels and engines and explosions always delighted them.” (372)
“I have never seen or heard of such a thing. It looks like a trapdoor on the ground.” (378)
“I never heard of a more heartening sight in my life!” (384)
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” (390)
“I will give you a name, and I shall call you Dernhelm.” (396)
“He that flies counts every foeman twice.” (401)
“I am not made for perilous quests.” (406)
“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.” (412)
“The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great battle of our time.” (417)