Quotes about bilbo (16 Quotes)


    Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.

    A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment, hard stone, cold fish, sneaking and whispering. All these thoughts passed in a flash of a second. He trembled. And then quite suddenly in another flash, as if lifted by a new strength and resolve, he leaped.

    Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, gasping an taking pleasure in the feel of the fresh air again, and hardly noticing the excitement of the dwarves, or how they praised him and patted him on the back and put themseves and all their families for generations to come at his service.





    Bilbo first finds the Ring, but knows not what he has stumbled into Not far away was his island, of which Bilbo knew nothing, and there in his hiding-place he kept a few wretched oddments, and one very beautiful thing, very beautiful, very wonderful. He had a ring, a golden ring, a precious ring. 'My birthday-present' he whispered to himself, as he had often done in the endless dark days. 'That's what he wants now, yes we wants it' He wanted it because it was a ring of power, and if you slipped that ring on your finger, you were invisible only in the full sunlight could you be seen, and then only by your shadow, and that would be shaky and faint. 'My birthday-present It came to me on my birthday, my precious.'

    Remember what Bilbo used to say It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

    When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

    Gandalf All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring.

    Deserves it I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.

    Bilbo's a former quarterback and I've seen what he can do over the years. He's a special player. They've got great athletes. You can get hit with Daniels and Johnson and then they come with Bilbo. They've got a multi-headed attack.

    Chip the glasses and crack the plates Blunt the knives and bend the forks That's what Bilbo hates Smash the bottles and burn the corks Cut the cloth and tread on the fat Pour the milk on the pantry floor Leave the bones on the bedroom mat Splash the wine on every door Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl Pound them up with a thumping pole And when you've finished, if any are whole, Send them down the hall to roll That's what Bilbo Baggins hates So, carefully carefully with the plates.

    Frodo was now safe in the Last Homely House east of the Sea. That house was, as Bilbo had long ago reported, a perfect house, whether you like food or sleep, or story-telling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear and sadness.

    'I think really Bilbo preferred slipping off quietly in the end,' said Gandalf, 'Don't be too troubled. He'll be all right now. He left a packet for you. There it is' Frodo took the envelope from the mantelpiece, and glanced at it, but did not open it. 'You'll find his will and all the other documents in there, I think,' said the wizard. 'You are the master of Bag End now. And also, I fancy, you'll find a golden ring.'

    When I was a kid, we would travel to England in our car, from Germany, and listen to storybook tapes and one of them was the Hobbit. So we were aware of Bilbo and Gandalf and all that kind of stuff.



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