"And he smote the Balrog upon the..." - Quote by J R R Tolkien
And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.
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“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
“I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.”
“Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?”
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“The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!”
“Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.”
“He [Bilbo] fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.”