watson-sighs-and-tuts:“I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times wh
watson-sighs-and-tuts:“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 a 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, shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again.” -- source link