Adventure Awaits: 46 Best of Bilbo Baggins Quotes

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1. “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.”

2. “Farewell, King under the Mountain! This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am glad that I have shared in your perils – that has been more than any Baggins deserves.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Farewell, King under the Mountain! This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am glad that I have shared in your perils – that has been more than any Baggins deserves.”

3. Here’s a pretty thing: Mithril. As light as a feather, and as hard as dragon-scales.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Here's a pretty thing: Mithril. As light as a feather, and as hard as dragon-scales.”

4. “Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea”

5. “I’m old, Gandalf. I know I don’t look it, but I’m beginning to feel it in my heart. I feel… thin. Sort of stretched, like… butter scraped over too much bread. I need a holiday. A very long holiday. And I don’t expect I shall return. In fact I mean not to.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “I'm old, Gandalf. I know I don't look it, but I'm beginning to feel it in my heart. I feel... thin. Sort of stretched, like... butter scraped over too much bread. I need a holiday. A very long holiday. And I don't expect I shall return. In fact I mean not to.”

6. “Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!”

7. “Gandalf, my old friend, this will be a night to remember.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Gandalf, my old friend, this will be a night to remember.”

8. I thought up an ending for my book: ‘And he lived happily ever after, unto the end of his days.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “I thought up an ending for my book: ‘And he lived happily ever after, unto the end of his days.”

9. Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come… for the dominion of Men. Elrond: [in Elvish] The Sea calls us home. Bilbo: [smiling] I think I’m quite ready for another adventure!

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come… for the dominion of Men.”

10. “I’m going on an adventure!

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “I’m going on an adventure!”

11. Ori: That’s why we need a burglar! Bilbo: Hmmm, and a good one too. An expert, I’d imagine. Gloin: And are you? Bilbo: [looks behind him, then back] Am I what?

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Ori: That’s why we need a burglar!”

12. Bilbo: Stop! Stop! There’s been a mistake! Lobelia: Who are you? Bilbo: What do you mean, who am I? You know perfectly well who I am, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. This is my home! And those are my spoons. Thank you very much

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Bilbo: Stop! Stop! There’s been a mistake!”

13. “It is sad, frodo, how old alliances can be broken. How friendships between peoples can be lost. And for what?

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “It is sad, frodo, how old alliances can be broken. How friendships between peoples can be lost. And for what?”

14. Thorin: I am so sorry… that I have lead you to such peril… Bilbo: No! I am glad to have shared in your perils, Thorin. Each and every one of them. It is far more than any Baggins deserves!

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Thorin: I am so sorry… that I have lead you to such peril…”

15. Gandalf: You’ve changed, Bilbo Baggins. You’re not the same Hobbit as the one who left the Shire… Bilbo: I was going to tell you… I found something in the Goblin tunnels. Gandalf: Found what? What did you find? Bilbo: [pause] My courage.

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Gandalf: You’ve changed, Bilbo Baggins. You’re not the same Hobbit as the one who left the Shire…”

16. “Come along back to your nice cells, and I will lock you all in again, and you can sit there comfortably and think of a better plan-but I don’t suppose I shall ever get hold of the keys again, even if I feel inclined to try.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Come along back to your nice cells, and I will lock you all in again, and you can sit there comfortably and think of a better plan-but I don’t suppose I shall ever get hold of the keys again, even if I feel inclined to try.”

17. Bilbo : [answering the knocking on his door] No, thank you. We don’t want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations. Gandalf : [from outside] And what about very old friends?

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Bilbo : [answering the knocking on his door] No, thank you. We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations.”

18. “It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.”

19. Thorin: Tell me, Mr. Baggins, have you done much fighting? Bilbo: Pardon me? Thorin: Axe or sword, what’s your weapon of choice? Bilbo: [proudly] Well, I do have some skill at conkers, if you must know.

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Thorin: Tell me, Mr. Baggins, have you done much fighting?”

20. “Your lullaby would waken a drunken goblin!

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Your lullaby would waken a drunken goblin!”

21. “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! I can’t think what anybody sees in them.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “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! I can’t think what anybody sees in them.”

22. “Frodo, although I must admit I have told you the truth, I might not have told you all of it.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Frodo, although I must admit I have told you the truth, I might not have told you all of it.”

23. “I’m glad to have shared in your perils, thorin. Each and every one of them. It is far more than any baggins deserves.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “I'm glad to have shared in your perils, thorin. Each and every one of them. It is far more than any baggins deserves.”

24. “We do not want any adventures here, thank you! Not today.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “We do not want any adventures here, thank you! Not today.”

25. “I came from the end of bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ring-winner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “I came from the end of bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ring-winner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.”

26. “It’s A Dangerous Business, Frodo, Going Out Your Front Door.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “It's A Dangerous Business, Frodo, Going Out Your Front Door.”

27. Bilbo : You will keep an eye on Frodo, won’t you? Gandalf : Two eyes, as often as I can spare them.

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Bilbo : You will keep an eye on Frodo, won't you?”

28. Bilbo : Mrs Bracegirdle, how nice to see you. Welcome welcome. Are all these children yours? Mrs. Bracegirdle : Yeah. Bilbo : Good gracious, you have been productive.

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Bilbo : Mrs Bracegirdle, how nice to see you. Welcome welcome. Are all these children yours?”

29. “I do believe the worst is behind us!

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “I do believe the worst is behind us!”

30. “If ever you are passing my way,” said Bilbo, “don’t wait to knock! Tea is at four; but any of you are welcome at any time!

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “If ever you are passing my way,” said Bilbo, “don’t wait to knock! Tea is at four; but any of you are welcome at any time!”

31. “Victory after all, I suppose! Well, it seems a very gloomy business.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Victory after all, I suppose! Well, it seems a very gloomy business.”

32. “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.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “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.”

33. “I am sorry I brought this upon you, my boy. I’m sorry that… you must carry this burden. I’m sorry for everything.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “I am sorry I brought this upon you, my boy. I'm sorry that... you must carry this burden. I'm sorry for everything.”

34. Bilbo : [to the crowd] I regret to announce – this is The End. I am going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell. Bilbo : [whispers to Frodo] Goodbye.

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Bilbo : [to the crowd] I regret to announce - this is The End. I am going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell.”

35. Thranduil: If I am not mistaken, this is the Halfing who stole the keys to my dungeon right from under the nose of my guards. Bilbo: Yesh. Sorry about that

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Thranduil: If I am not mistaken, this is the Halfing who stole the keys to my dungeon right from under the nose of my guards.”

36. “I like visitors, but I usually get to know them before they visit.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “I like visitors, but I usually get to know them before they visit.”

37. “Bother burgling and everything to do with it! I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle just beginning to sing!

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Bother burgling and everything to do with it! I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle just beginning to sing!”

38. Frodo: They all say they’re coming. Except for the Sackville-Bagginses, who are demanding you ask them in person. Bilbo: Are they, indeed? Over my dead body. Frodo: They’d probably find that quite agreeable. They seem to think you have tunnels overflowing with gold. Bilbo: It was one small chest, hardly overflowing. And it still smells of troll

39. “Thrór’s love of gold had grown too fierce. A sickness had begun to grow within him. It was a sickness of the mind. And where sickness thrives bad things will follow.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Thrór’s love of gold had grown too fierce. A sickness had begun to grow within him. It was a sickness of the mind. And where sickness thrives bad things will follow.”

40. Gandalf : Frodo suspects something. Bilbo : Of course he does, he’s a Baggins, not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle.

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “Gandalf : Frodo suspects something.”

41. “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.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “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.”

42. “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? Come tomorrow! Good-bye!

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “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? Come tomorrow! Good-bye!”

43. “My dear Bagginses and Boffins, Tooks and Brandybucks, Grubbs, Chubbs, Hornblowers, Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfoots!

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “My dear Bagginses and Boffins, Tooks and Brandybucks, Grubbs, Chubbs, Hornblowers, Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfoots!”

44. Bilbo : [enigmatically] You’re a good lad, Frodo. I’m very selfish, you know. Yes, I am. Very selfish. I don’t know why I took you in after your mother and father died but it wasn’t out of charity. I think it was because… of all my numerous relations, you were the one Baggins that showed real spirit. Frodo : Bilbo, have you been at the Gaffer’s home brew? Bilbo : No. [pause] Bilbo : Well, yes, but that’s not the point…

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

– Bilbo Baggins

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

46. “So Comes Snow After Fire, And Even Dragons Have Their Ending.

– Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins Quote: “So Comes Snow After Fire, And Even Dragons Have Their Ending.”
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