Long Explanations

'In one thing you have not changed, dear friend,' said Aragon: 'you still speak in riddles.'

'What? In riddles?' said Gandalf. 'No! For I was talking to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying.'

~Lord of the Rings

Book Three

Chapter V

(by J. R. R. Tolkien)