Quotes by Bilbo Baggins

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.

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.

I'm not a hero, or a warrior... not even a burglar.

One day I'll remember. Remember everything that happened: the good, the bad, those who survived... and those that did not.

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

[Riddle for Gollum]
What have I got in my pocket?

I was expecting you sometime last week. Not that it matters. You come and go as you please. Always have and always will. You've caught me a bit unprepared I'm afraid. Uh, we've only got cold chicken, a bit of pickle... there's some cheese here... oh, no. Er, we've got raspberry jam, an apple tart... oh, no, we're alright! I've just found some sponge cake.

I've thought up an ending for my book. "And he lived happily ever after to the end of his days."

Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.
[Teeth]

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
[Egg]

An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place,
Not in high place."
[Sun]

I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.

No-legs lay on one-leg,
two-legs sat near on three-legs,
four-legs got some.
[Fish on a table, man on a stool, cat gets the scraps]

I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.

I want to see mountains again. Mountains, Gandalf! And then find somewhere quiet where I can finish my book.

This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it.