He wondered what the mans name was and where he came from and if he was really evil at heart, or what lies or threats had lead him on the long march from his home and if he would not really have rather stayed there in peace
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But thats not the way of it with the tales that really mattered, or the ones that stay in the mind. Folk seem to have just landed in them, usually - their paths were laid that way, as you put it. But I expect they had lots of chances, like us, of turning back, only they didnt. And if they had, we shouldnt know, because theyd have been forgotten. We hear about those as just went on - and not all to a good end, mind you at least not to what folk inside a story and not outside it call a good end
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...in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom.
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Onen i-Estel Edain, -chebin estel anim.'I gave Hope to the Dnedain, I have kept no hope for myself.'
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Strider I am to one fat man who lives within a day's march of foes that would freeze his heart, or lay his little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly. Yet we would not have it otherwise. If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they will be, and we must be secret to keep them so.
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