Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.


The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1966)

J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while...

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while...

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while...

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while...