It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious. ✨ J.R.R…

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It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition, p.334, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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