It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto t…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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