The Hobbit

"Your literature speaks of heroes, but where are they now?"

"War is my natural state, and I excel in it."

"I am both question and answer to all philosophy."

"The music of your screams is all I need to hear."

"Science cannot explain the magic of my longevity."

"Art pales before the perfection of my form."

"Gratitude is meaningless when one has everything."

"My work is destruction, and I am unmatched in my craft."

"Faith in your gods will not save you from my wrath."

"I am the inspiration for all tales of terror."

"Your technology is nothing compared to my fire."

"I need no education, for I have lived through ages."

"The strongest of you are still as insects before me."

"There is no justice save what I determine."

"I have watched your kind build and watched it crumble."

"Kindness is the luxury of the weak."

"I am the shadow that darkness fears."

"Your imagination cannot conjure my true magnificence."

"Every atom of this mountain is known to me."

"I have no father, no mother, no family but my gold."

"The treasure will outlast you all."

"Your kind believes in such things as honor. How quaint."

"I would rather reign over ashes than share a throne."

"Time bends to my will, not the reverse."

"I am the measure by which all strength is judged."

"Your struggles amuse me, though they tire me not."

"I have no need for peace when I have dominion."

"There is beauty in absolute power."

"My breath is death, my shadow is despair."

"Gold has taught me all I need to know of men's hearts."