Surely you donโt disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? You donโt really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!
J. R. R. TolkienYes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you left home.
J. R. R. TolkienElvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.
J. R. R. TolkienAnd thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.
J. R. R. Tolkien