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.
— J.R.R. Tolkien Modern

Lord of the Rings

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

Date / Period

1937

Category

Controversial

Source

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1711-there-is-nothing-like-looking-if-you-want-…

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