A small gold ring resting on gray wool in front of a miniature ajar iron vault door.

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Boromir

It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.

— The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · 2001

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker marvels at how much dread and uncertainty is poured into something tiny. Repeating 'such a little thing' gives it a wistful, almost disbelieving tone, as if the object's smallness makes the weight of it stranger.

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