Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought you back in the nick of time?' Looking behind,' said he.

The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

Alas, not me, lord!" she said. "Shadow lies on me still. Look not to me for healing! I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is ungentle.

I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny. [...] I do not believe that darkness will endure!

To think I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!

The quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while all the trees leaned over them and listened.

Wraiths! Wraiths on wings!