J. R. R. Tolkien Quote

There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off.


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


There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk...

There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk...

There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk...

There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk...