J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in hid eyrie at night!

J. R. R. Tolkien

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• You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in hid eyrie at night!

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Night
  • Rude
  • Eagle