Quotes About Thorin

#1. He caught hold of Tom's leg - as well as he could, it was thick as a young tree-trunk - but he was sent spinning up into the top of some bushes, when Tom kicked the sparks up in Thorin's face.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#2. Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it!

J.R.R. Tolkien

#3. Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along.
To look ahead,' said he.
And what brought you back in the nick of time?'
Looking behind,' said he.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#4. That was Thorin's style. He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would probably have gone on like this until he was out of breath, without telling anyone there anything that was not known already. But he was rudely interrupted.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#5. Cheer up Thorin and Company! This is your expedition after all. Think of the treasure at the end, and forget the forest and the dragon, at any rate until tomorrow morning!

J.R.R. Tolkien

#6. It was the Arkenstone, the Heart of the Mountain. So Bilbo guessed from Thorin's description; but indeed there could not be two such gems, even in so marvellous a hoard, even in all the world.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#7. If you mean you think it is my job to go into the secret passage first, O Thorin Thrain's son Oakenshield, may your beard grow ever longer," he said crossly, "say so at once and have done!

J.R.R. Tolkien

#8. As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.'

Richard C. Armitage

#9. Back now to the mountain!" cried Thorin. "We have little time to lose." "And little food to use!" cried Bilbo, always practical on such points. In any case he felt that the adventure was, properly speaking, over with the death of the dragon.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#10. No!" said Thorin. "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 above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell!" Then

J.R.R. Tolkien

#11. Thorin, of course, was really the grandson of the King under the Mountain, and there is no knowing what a dwarf will not dare and do for revenge or the recovery of his own.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#12. It was easier to believe in the Dragon and less easy to believe in Thorin in these wild parts

J.R.R. Tolkien

#13. Upon his tomb the Elvenking then laid Orcrist, the elvish sword that had been taken from Thorin in captivity. It is said in songs that it gleamed ever in the dark if foes approached, and the fortress of the dwarves could not be taken by surprise.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#14. Dwarves are not heroes, but a calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don't expect too much.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#15. This is the Arkenstone of Thrain," said Bilbo, "the Heart of the Mountain; and it is also the heart of Thorin.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#16. Now what on earth or under it has happened?" said Thorin. "Certainly not the dragon, or he would not go on squeaking.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#17. There indeed lay Thorin Oakenshield, wounded with many wounds ...

J.R.R. Tolkien

#18. Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother's elder brother.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#19. Her face was framed by two wings of lank black hair that curled under her long, pointed chin, so she looked like the female version of the wizard who was always giving Harry Potter such a hard time in the movies. Professor Snail or something.

Joe Hill

#20. Greatness is when you inspire others, motivate others and encourage others to live in harmony".

Abdulazeez Henry Musa

#21. Lots of English people say exactly the opposite of what they mean.

Leon Krier

#22. Education is the most effective form of rebellion.

Thorin

#23. 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

#24. My mind does not change with the rising and setting of a few suns

J.R.R. Tolkien

#25. Not too many people in cocktail parties are aware of Bioprinting and growing organs, or the coming technological singularity; I've seen very little philosophical speculation about how far we can go, how much we could achieve.

Jason Silva

#26. If you stand up to the human race you lose something called their 'goodwill'; if you kowtow to them you gain ... their permission to continue kowtowing.

Celia Green

#27. The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.

Kabir

#28. Always be true to yourself regardless of the consequences. I assure you not doing so has even greater consequences.

Thorin

#29. I am self-reliant, I am accountable, I am determined, I am strong, I am...the scarce minority.

Thorin

#30. Ryan and Michael didn't deserve you and if I ever see either of them again, they're gonna answer to me for making you feel like your body, your sexuality, wasn't beautiful.

Tricia Best

#31. You cannot escape from life. Life is not a book. You can't just set it down on the coffee table and walk away from it when it gets boring or you get tired.

Rebecca Wells

#32. A calamity, a catastrophe- it changes everything, doesn't it? It makes you aware that you cannot be indifferent toward your life. You cannot simply give away your life.

Anita Shreve