“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” 

	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Far over the misty mountains cold 
To dungeons deep and caverns old 
We must away ere break of day 
To seek the pale enchanted gold.

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, 
While hammers fell like ringing bells 
In places deep, where dark things sleep, 
In hollow halls beneath the fells.

For ancient king and elvish lord 
There many a gleaming golden hoard 
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught 
To hide in gems on hilt of sword.

On silver necklaces they strung 
The flowering stars, on crowns they hung 
The dragon-fire, in twisted wire 
They meshed the light of moon and sun.

Far over the misty mountains cold 
To dungeons deep and caverns old 
We must away, ere break of day, 
To claim our long-forgotten gold.

Goblets they carved there for themselves 
And harps of gold; where no man delves 
There lay they long, and many a song 
Was sung unheard by men or elves.

The pines were roaring on the height, 
The wind was moaning in the night. 
The fire was red, it flaming spread; 
The trees like torches blazed with light.

The bells were ringing in the dale 
And men looked up with faces pale; 
The dragon’s ire more fierce than fire 
Laid low their towers and houses frail.

The mountain smoked beneath the moon; 
The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom. 
They fled their hall to dying fall 
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.

Far over the misty mountains grim 
To dungeons deep and caverns dim 
We must away, ere break of day, 
To win our harps and gold from him! 
	
	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” 

	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” 

	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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‘I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’

‘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!’ 

	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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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. 

	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar,” said the dragon. 
	
	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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May the hair on your toes never fall out! 

	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool! 

	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds. 

	― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again