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I hope I never smell the smell of apples again!" said Fili. "My tub was full of ut. To smell apples everlastingly when you can scarcely move and are c...more

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Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back.

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You certainly usually find something if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.

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The stars are far brighterThan gems without measure,The moon is far whiterThan silver in treasure;The fire is more shiningOn hearth in the gloamingTha...more

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Getting rid of dragons is not at all in my line, but I will do my best to think about it. Personally I have no hopes at all, and wish I was safe back ...more

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But our back is to legends and we are coming home. I suppose this is the first taste of it.''There is a long road yet,' said Gandalf.'But it is the la...more

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Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrow...more

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I'm going on an adventure

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They were at the end of their journey, but as far as ever, it seemed, from the end of their quest.

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it is horrible being all alone.

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Bilbo was sadly reflecting that adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine...

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The Eleven king looked sternly upon Thorin, when he was brought before him, and asked him many questions. But Thorin would only say that he was starvi...more

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As they sang the hobbit felt in love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving through him, a fierce and a jealous love, th...more

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Sam was the only member of the party who had not been over the river before. He had a strange feeling as the slow gurgling stream slipped by: his old ...more

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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to e...more