“If this nice friendliness would spread out in Mordor, half our trouble would be over.”
“Half of them loved her like a daughter, and other half wanted to spread her legs, but either sort would die for her.”
“If you could just ravel out into time. That would be nice. It would be nice if you could just ravel out into time”
“If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.”
“If it weren't for the Chicagos and Detroits and Toledos, the terrible things would spread out across the whole country and make trouble for everybody else. Such places were collectors of badness in the way hospitals were collectors of the sick and damaged.”
“Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!”