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41 " May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks. "
― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Hobbit
42 " Where there's life there's hope. "
43 " You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon. "
44 " Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. "
45 " Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter. "
46 " In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. "
47 " May the hair on your toes never fall out! "
48 " 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. "
49 " The road goes ever on and on "
50 " 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. "
51 " Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool! "
52 " Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected! "
53 " It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest thing he ever did. The tremendous things that happened afterward were as nothing compared to it. He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait. "
54 " 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! "
55 " A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds. "
56 " There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. "
57 " You may not like my burglar, but please don't damage him. "
58 " Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked). "
59 " That was the most awkward Wednesday he ever remembered. "
60 " 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! "