“There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit, waiting for some final and desperate danger to make it grow. Frodo was neither very fat nor very timid; indeed, though he did not know it, Bilbo (and Gandalf) had thought him the best hobbit in the Shire. He thought he had come to the end of his adventure, and a terrible end, but the thought hardened him.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“Someone else always has to carry on the story.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“And my emotions were similarly amplified: The highs were higher; the periods of despair were deeper and darker. To a self-possessed young man inebriated with the unfolding drama of his own life, all of this held enormous appeal.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
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