It’s Hobbit Day!
In the world of Middle-earth, today is the birthday of two distinguished hobbits: Bilbo Baggins of the Shire and his nephew, Frodo. It is, of course, the auspicious occasion of Bilbo’s eleventy-first birthday party, which is the opening scene of The Fellowship of the Ring. This same day was Frodo’s coming of age at the age of thirty-three.
To celebrate, we’ve rounded up a collection of our favorite quotes from Tolkien’s masterwork below. We wish you a joyful day, whether or not it involves a firework in the shape of a dragon.
Kelly Keller is the managing editor of Story Warren. She has her BS in Elementary Education from Messiah University and has taught various ages, but her favorite was worldview and literature with high school students. The “gap” in her resume is actually a window of eighteen years of homeschooling, which she recommends as an effective, though demanding, way of expanding one’s home library.
When she’s not behind her laptop, Kelly enjoys live music, baseball, reading great books, and traveling with her husband, David. Kelly hails from beautiful snowy New England, but after nearly two decades in North Carolina, she feels right at home.
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When she’s not behind her laptop, Kelly enjoys live music, baseball, reading great books, and traveling with her husband, David. Kelly hails from beautiful snowy New England, but after nearly two decades in North Carolina, she feels right at home.
She invites you to subscribe to her newsletter, On the Common, or to follow her on Twitter or Instagram.
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