"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."

naomi-sketches:

This is something I made for my brother for his birthday. We play these epic made-up board games, usually joining together the Game of Life, Game of Thrones and Cluedo. And the game revolves around this bunch of characters, lead by Brodo Swaggins. Most of them are famous characters (mostly from LOTR), but three of them are small toys from Kinder Eggs. So uh, This is what I made for his birthday. Kind of like a family portrait.