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It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.
— Boromir · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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An editorial 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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