"I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don't feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again."
"I see no hope of it now. But I've got to do the best I can."
“..This might come as a strange question, but does anyone in particular have books they no longer care if they’re in their possession? Personally I don’t think I’m allowed to borrow any more books presently from the library, lest I’m seen as a thief.”
