"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:

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

   ”It’s a game I enjoy being a part of. What is this, anyway? If I’d known I was going to get interviewed I would have put on a tie.”

“..Well I can’t say I relate.”