There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.

it was easier to believe in the Dragon and less easy to believe in Thorin in these wild parts

It is mine to give to whom I will, like my heart.

Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet though you do not see them

Most people have made this mistake of thinking Middle-earth is a particular kind of earth or is another planet of the science fiction sort but it's just an old fashioned word for this world we live in, as imagined surrounded by the Ocean.

Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.