# Quote — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

> As all things come to an end, even this story, a day came at last when they were in sight of the country where Bilbo had been born and bred, where the shapes of the land and of the trees were as well known to him as his hands and toes.

- Author: [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien.md)
- Book: [The Hobbit](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-hobbit.md)
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## More from this book

> It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
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> Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
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> It lies behind stars and under hills,
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> And empty holes it fills.
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> It comes first and follows after,
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> Ends life, kills laughter.

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> The king is come unto his hall
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> Under the Mountain dark and tall.
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> The Worm of Dread is slain and dead,
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> And ever so our foes shall fall!

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> To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.

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