He [Bilbo] fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.
So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod)
Don't put a lump of rock under my elbow again!
I'm in a position where it doesn't matter what people think of me now.
Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We'll wander back and home to bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade!