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| Frodo: "You're late!" Gandalf: "A salesman is never late, Frodo Baggins. Neither is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to." |
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| Frodo: "What's new in the world? Tell me everything!" Gandalf: "Haven't we grown curious. Rather unnatural for a hobbit. What can I tell you? Life in the wide world goes on, much as it has this past age, full of comings and goings, scarely aware of the existence of hobbits. To which I am very gratefull." |
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| Bilbo: "No thank you! We dont want anymore well-wishers, visitors, beauty consultants, Jehovah's witnesses or distant relations!" Gandalf: "How about old friends?" Bilbo: "Gandalf?" Gandalf: "Biblo Baggins!" Biblo: "My dear Gandalf!" Gandalf: "One hundred and eleven years old. Who would believe it? You haven't aged a day. Damn beauty consultants." |
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