"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."

sperodea:

To: Everyone
From: 鹿目 まどか

_{if you could end of the despair of people, with the cost of your own existence, would you still do it knowing that you won’t exist anymore?}

To: 鹿目 まどか?
From: Frodo Baggins

_{i would. i feel that it is something i am fated to attempt, perhaps not in the same way, but for my home’s sake, yes. i do not know if i will succeed. why do you ask this?}