We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them.

Bilbo Baggins

Quoted in The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Topic

Adventure

Speaker

Bilbo Baggins

Author

J.R.R. Tolkien

Source

The Hobbit

Medium

Novel

Genre

Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tolkiein, J.R.R. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. George Allen & Unwin, 1937, ch. 1.

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Author

William Faulkner
Source
Absalom, Absalom!
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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