"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."

frodo and the ring | in progess;

Name: Frodo Baggins, Westron Name: Maura Labingi, Frodo meaning “Old,”, “Wise”, “Experienced”. 
Date of Birth: September 22nd, TA 2968
Titles: Frodo of the Nine Fingers, Ringbearer, Elf-friend, Bearer of the One Ring, Mr. Underhill, Bronwe athan Harthad, given by Gandalf, meaning “Endurance beyond Hope.”
Race: Hobbit, type: Fallowhide.