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J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes:

Ocupation: Writer

Life: January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973

Birthday: January 3

Death: September 2

Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!” he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say ‘out of the frying-pan into the fire’ in the same sort of uncomfortable situations.

- J. R. R. Tolkien

source: J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Fire, Escaping, Uncomfortable Situations, Goblin, Frying Pans

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