《霍比特人》是牛津大学著名教授、散文家和作家J.R.R.托尔金于1937年出版的一本书。故事以比尔博·巴金斯为中心，他是一个被卷入大冒险的霍比特人。以下是《霍比特人》中的几句话

冒险

巴金斯的追求把他从一个安静的乡村生活带到了一个更危险的地方，试图赢得一份由龙斯茅格守护的巨大财富。一路上，他遇到、面对并得到一组角色的帮助，无论是好是坏。

• "I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone." - Chapter 1
• "I should think so -- in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!" - Chapter 1
• "Also, I should like to know about risks, out-of-pocket expenses, time required and remuneration, and so forth" -- by which he meant: "What am I going to get out of it? and am I going to come back alive." - Chapter 1
• "There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something." - Chapter 4

黄金宝藏

巴金斯正试图帮助一帮矮人的头目托林·奥肯希尔德。这群人曾经居住在孤山上，直到龙斯玛格掠夺了矮人王国，然后由索林的祖父统治，并拿走了宝藏。

• "Far over the misty mountains cold / To dungeons deep and caverns old / We must away ere break of day / To seek the pale enchanted gold." - Chapter 1
• "Some sang too that Thror and Thrain would come back one day and gold would flow in rivers, through the mountain-gates, and all that land would be filled with new song and new laughter. But this pleasant legend did not much affect their daily business." - Chapter 10

魔戒

巴金斯一开始是一个阻碍，而不是帮助的追求，直到他找到一个神奇的戒指，让他成为隐形人。

• "He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment. - Chapter 5

比尔博巴金斯

巴金斯过着平静而舒适的生活​直到他被要求开始他的探索。

• "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." - Chapter 1​
• "Chip the glasses and crack the plates! / Blunt the knives and bend the forks! / That's what Bilbo Baggins hates." - Chapter 1

怪人

托尔金根据格林童话和《白雪公主》等童话故事改编了巴金斯遇到的许多角色

• "Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them." - Chapter 2
• "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth, but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession; and Smaug was no exception." - Chapter 12