"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a p…"

"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."

"'It was a compliment,' said Merry Brandybuck, 'and so, of course, not true.'"

"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men…"

"'You say the ring is dangerous, far more dangerous than I guess. In what way?' 'In many ways,' answered the wizard. '…"

"'Sooner or later, if he is strong or well-meaning to begin with, but neither strength nor good purpose will last. Soo…"

"He thought the ring was very beautiful, and very useful at need; and if anything was wrong or queer, it was himself. …"

"'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo. 'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see su…"

"'What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' 'Pity? It was Pity that stayed his ha…"

"I think that in the end, if all else is conquered, Bombadil will fall, Last as he was First; and then Night will come."