Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Not by mere luck

Gandalf to Bilbo:
Surely you don’t disbelieve the prophecies just because you helped them come about. You don’t really suppose do you that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck? Just for your sole benefit? You’re a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I’m quite fond of you. But you are really just a little fellow, in a wide world after all.
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1937.

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