"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."

finaltick:

ninefingered:

“Depends on what you consider an opportunity.”

   ”There’s no better way to phrase the chance of having everything you want. I’d hate to sound so cliché but really, this is heaven for me.”

"Whatever you want is a game to them. Surely you know that?”