“Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!' he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb. 'You aren't nearly through this adventure yet,' he added, and that was pretty true as well.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“If you sit on the doorstep long enough, I daresay you will think of something”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“Far over the misty mountains cold. To dungeons deep, and caverns old”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Alyssa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alyssa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Children's, Classics, Comics, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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