Thorin Oakenshield Quotes

“If more people valued home, above gold, this world would be a merrier place...”
― Thorin Oakenshield

“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 starving.
"Why did you and your folk three times try to attack my people at their merrymaking?" asked the king.
"We did not attack them," answered Thorin, "we came to beg because we were starving."
"Where are your friends now, and what are they doing?"
"I don't know, but I expect that they're all starving in the forest."
"What were you doing in the forest?"
"Looking for food and drink, because we were starving."
"And what brought you into the forest at all?" asked the king angrily.
At that Thorin shut his mouth and would not say another word.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“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.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien

“I wish you would not always speak so confidently without knowledge.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales

“Yes, it is difficult," I answered. "But not impossibly difficult, or I would not waste my time here. I would say absurdly difficult.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales

“Loyalty, honor, and a willing heart. I can ask no more than that.”
― Thorin Oakenshield

“This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am glad I have shared in your perils--that has been more than any Baggins deserves.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song over hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“Thorin spoke: "Let us try the door! he said. "I must feel the wind on my face soon or die.”
― J. R. R. Tolkien

“Addio, buon ladro” egli disse. “Io vado ora nelle sale di attesa a sedermi accanto ai miei padri, finché il mondo non sia rinnovato. Poiché ora l’oro e l’argento abbandono, e mi reco là dove essi non hanno valore, desidero separarmi da te in amicizia, e ritrattare quello che ho detto e fatto alla Porta”. Bilbo piegò un ginocchio a terra, pieno di dolore. “Addio, Re sotto la Montagna!” egli disse. “Amara è stata la nostra avventura, se doveva finire così; e nemmeno una montagna d’oro può essere un adeguato compenso. Tuttavia sono felice di aver condiviso i tuoi pericoli: questo è stato più di quanto un Baggins possa meritare”. “No!” disse Thorin. “In te c’è più di quanto tu non sappia, figlio dell’Occidente cortese. Coraggio e saggezza, in giusta misura mischiati. Se un maggior numero di noi stimasse cibo, allegria e canzoni al di sopra dei tesori d’oro, questo sarebbe un mondo più lieto. Ma triste o lieto, ora debbo lasciarlo. Addio!”. Allora Bilbo si allontanò, e se ne andò in disparte; tutto solo si sedette avvolto in una coperta e, lo crediate o no, pianse finché i suoi occhi non furono rossi e roca la voce”.”
― TOLKIEN J.R.R

“Their hopes, dreams and fears had been bound up in the figure of Thorin Oakenshield.

Bound with him, and died with him, and as Thorin had gone so had they all.

She rode now with a company of ghosts.

Fourteen souls had marched to Ravenhill, and eleven husks had left it.”
― ISeeFire