How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from the director's cut of The Fellowship of the Ring.
Quote #4
FRODO: Packed already?
SAM: No harm in being prepared.
FRODO: I thought you wanted to see the elves, Sam.
SAM: I do.
FRODO: More than anything.
SAM: I did. It's just—we did what Gandalf wanted didn't we? We got the Ring this far to Rivendell and I thought, seeing as how you're on the mend, we'd be off soon… off home
FRODO: You're right Sam. We did what we set out to do the Ring will be safe in Rivendell. I am ready to go home.
You'd think that getting to such an old, storied elven haven would be like, the coolest thing ever. But hobbits, as we've learned, aren't particularly adventurous, so they're already getting ready to head back to the Shire.
Quote #5
BILBO: I want to see mountains again. Mountains, Gandalf. […] I meant to go back: wander the paths of Mirkwood, visit Laketown, see the Lonely Mountain again. But age, it seems, has finally caught up with me.
Once Gandalf "nudged him out the door" Bilbo has scarcely looked back. Yes, he seems to be living the life of a typical hobbit but his mind has been living elsewhere, in the adventures of his past.
Quote #6
BILBO: So there I was at the mercy of three monstrous trolls and they were all arguing amongst themselves about how they were going to cook us. Whether it be turned on a spit or whether they should sit on us one by one and squash us into jelly. They spent so much time arguing the witherto's and whyfor's that the sun's first light cracked open over the top of the trees. Poof! Turned them all into stone!
Bilbo has turned from a grand adventurer at the heart of an epic tale to an old hobbit telling stories to kids that none of the adults probably believe. It's almost like Bilbo himself has been turned to stone.