Fantastically relevant
One of my favorite things about reading books is when I find something immediately worth quoting. I found this bit in The Fellowship of the Ring:
Indeed in nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him.
J.R.R. Tolkien
I enjoy the fact that a passage from a fantasy novel, written over fifty years ago, can still have so much relevance. Just replace “the Dark Lord” with “terrorism”, and Tolkien might as well have been Nostradamus. He often said that he wasn’t trying to make any metaphors with reality, but I suppose things like this are just universal truths. It is what we do in fear that is dangerous to our way of life, more than any one person who would do us harm.
Josh,
About time you leave another post….Anyway, how is everything going? How do you inbed pictures in your posts? Also, how do you change the sidebars? Mine are still boring but I want to customize them like you did. I would like to post some pics of the bonus room updates that we are doing but I want it to look good. Thanks!