Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.
Little by little, one travels far
And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
It is plain that we were meant to go together.
I do not believe this darkness will endure.
Dwarves are not heroes, but a calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don't expect too much.