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Quote a Day, day 5

2009 at 1pm Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

The Hobbit is the first “grown up” book I remember reading. My dad read it to me bit by bit as a bedtime story when I was little, and I read it on my own for the first time in 6th grade. Several re-readings later, I still love it. Here’s one of my favorite quotes:

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

And, since I have another favorite that I couldn’t bear to leave out:

Not all those who wander are lost.

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Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading on March 12th, 2009 1:52 pm

I’ve never read The Hobbit, but based on these quotes it sounds like one I would enjoy.
bermudaonion on March 12th, 2009 4:10 pm

I love that quote!
Jeane on March 12th, 2009 5:02 pm

This is one of my very favorite books. Wonderful quotes.
rhapsodyinbooks on March 12th, 2009 5:11 pm

How neat that your dad read you that book, AND that you re-read it. I haven’t read it in many years, and forgot a lot of it except how much I liked it. Watership Down too – I just remember crying for about six hours at the end – not sure if that was because it was over or because something sad happened, but it’s another one I’d love to make time to reread!
chartroose on March 12th, 2009 5:14 pm

“Is it nice my precioussss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptuously crunchable?”

I love that book!
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stacybuckeye on March 15th, 2009 11:25 am

Both of these are great