I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. TolkienWhy was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
J. R. R. TolkienFor still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green.
J. R. R. TolkienGandalf, dwarves and Mr. Baggins! We are met together in the house of our friend and fellow conspirator, this most excellent and audacious hobbitโmay the hair on his toes never fall out!
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