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This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the great. Who of all the Wise could have foreseen it?

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken;
The crownless again shall be king.

With his last failing senses Frodo heard cries, and it seemed to him that he saw, beyond the Riders that hesitated on the shore, a shining figure of white light; and behind it ran small shadowy forms waving flames, that flared red in the Grey mist that was falling over the world.

It was the same Ring, or looked the same and weighed the same; for that Ring had always seemed to Frodo to weigh strangely in his hand. But something prompted him to make sure. He was perhaps a trifle annoyed with Tom for seeming to make so light of what even Gandalf thought so perilously important. Page 185

"Since it is impossible to express the mystery of creation, Scripture concealed it in the words In the beginning God created heaven and earth."

"Awe precedes faith; it is at the root of faith. We must grow in awe in order to reach faith."

"The whole earth is full of His glory, but we do not perceive it; it is within our reach but beyond our grasp."

"There are three starting points of contemplation about God; three trails that lead to Him. The first is the way of sensing the presence of God in the world, in things; the second is the way of sensing His presence in the Bible; the third is the way of sensing His presence in sacred deeds." (pg. 31)

This text is dense and full of truth - it may take me a while to finish this book!

"And it never failed, that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way." (pg. 6)

Not interested.