Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary, and …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary, and dungeons for the overbold. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). Tales from the Perilous Realm, p.315, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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