"After all he is my friend," (....) "and not a bad little chap. I feel responsible for him. I wish to goodness you had not lost him."
Gandalf about Bilbo to the Dwarves after they had escaped from under the mountain.
(I hope I got all the words right, I'm too lazy to go upstairs to check in the Hobbit...)
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Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat
our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!
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