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"“Once you have made the World an end, and faith a means, you have almost won your man, and it make very little difference what kind of worldly end he is pursuing.”" — May 12, 2026 08:01PM
"“Once you have made the World an end, and faith a means, you have almost won your man, and it make very little difference what kind of worldly end he is pursuing.”" — May 12, 2026 08:01PM
At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.
“An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. “That eye is like to this eye” Said the first eye, “But in low place Not in high place.”
― The Hobbit
― The Hobbit
“This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.”
― The Hobbit
― The Hobbit
“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”
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“I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chatted all the way;
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow;
And ne’er a word said she;
But, oh! The things I learned from her,
When Sorrow walked with me.”
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She chatted all the way;
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow;
And ne’er a word said she;
But, oh! The things I learned from her,
When Sorrow walked with me.”
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“Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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