"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."

carrying the world around his neck

"I see no hope of it now. But I've got to do the best I can."

celaborn:

_{Favorite lotr Scenes [3/9]: The End of All Things}

_{↳ “The Quest would have been in vain, even at the bitter end. But the Quest is achieved, and now all is over. I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”}