Bilbo: When did taking a chance improve your life?

“More often than not. The leaves that fall idly off of trees are carried off to the forest floor. But the seed that follows in wonder is carried off to places unknown and journeys that are quite new. I took a chance leaving the woodlands in pursuit of knowledge of other elves and I have found myself to be… more open-minded than I would have thought.”
 

Legolas: What has been your most unlikely friendship, and did it last?

Tauriel fell quiet. 
“You ask a painful question, no… it did not last. I lost my sweet friend to the horrors of war. He did not even get the grace to die swifty — ripped limb from limb before my eyes alongside his brother and fallen king. I have never felt so much rage — he was of innocence and —!"Her tone became heavy in anger as she pressed her lips into a tight, thin line.
Silence fell upon her tongue again to honor him.

"Kili. His name was Kili, son of Dis.”

Galadriel: Would you consider yourself wise?

“Does a lion not think himself proud? I am a leader — being wise is one thing, considering myself wise is another.”