Category Archives: Tolkien

I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again. Frodo

“There is a long road left,” said Gandalf. “But it is the last road,” said Bilbo.

The Tookish part was getting very tired, and the Baggins was daily getting stronger.

So comes snow after fire…and even dragons have their ending. Bilbo

The dragon was dead, the goblins overthrown, and their hearts looked forward after winter to a spring of joy.

Tea is at four, but any of you are welcome anytime. Bilbo

If more of us valued food and cheer and song more than hoarded gold it would be a merrier world. Thorin Oakenshield, king under the mountain

Never laugh at live dragons. Bilbo

Even if they passed through all of the perils of the road, the dragon was waiting at the end.

Last week I drove to Tuscaloosa and back, about 18 hours each way, to bring my son home from school. On the way I listened to all of an unabridged audiobook of The Hobbit and ‘one chapter and change’ of … Continue reading →