J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes About Adventure

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  • I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.

    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him.

    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.

    Stories  
    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break.

    Lying  
  • Surely you don’t disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? You don’t really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!

    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.162, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!

    "The Hobbit".
  • Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb. "You aren't nearly through this adventure yet," he added, and that was pretty true as well.

    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.121, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine.

    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition”, p.64, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front.

    Dark  
    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.80, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • We don't want any adventures here! You might try over the Hill or Across the Water.

    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition”, p.38, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Adventures make one late for supper.

  • I 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 (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • You aren't nearly through this adventure yet.

    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition”, p.247, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.

    "The Hobbit". 75th Anniversary Edition,
  • Don't adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.

    Stories  
    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.169, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • The greatest adventure is what lies ahead

    Lying  
  • I'm going on an adventure!

    "Fictional character: Bilbo Baggins". "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", 2013.
  • I'm looking for someone to share in an adventure.

    "Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", www.imdb.com. 2012.
  • Sorry! I don't want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!

  • 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.

    Life  
    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

  • Where iss it, where iss it: my Precious, my Precious? It's ours, it is, and we wants it.

    1955 Gollum.The Two Towers, ch.1.
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