"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."

hewhowalksunseen:

   ”Whoever is sending me messages on my mobile device in the bloody middle of the night better stop before I- before I-…. well, they better stop.”

^{“I don’t think it’s a pleasant one to be reading, Bilbo. It might be wise of you to turn it off for your sake. I know how you hate prattling.”}