"I am a hobbit. I like my food, my comfort, and my peace, and I don't like adventures. Not that I'm against adventures, mind you. I just prefer them to be in books."

"The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opp…"

"The only thing that ultimately matters is to have done what you were meant to do."

"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."

"I love the trees more than I love the people."