"And here he was, a little halfling from……" — J.R.R. Tolkien
"And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate."
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756 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
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The war made me poignantly aware of the beauty of the world.
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Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love…
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