A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, p.42, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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