[ All credit to silberglanz, whose lovely picture may be found here. ]
“There,
peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains,
Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while.
The beauty of it smote his heart,
as he looked up out of the forsaken land,
and hope returned to him.
For like a shaft,
clear and cold,
the thought pierced him that in the end
the Shadow was only a small and passing thing:
there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
[ J. R. R. Tolkien – Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King ]
Thirty Years Of Growing Pain(s) 
Love it! Words & image = perfect inspiration 🙂
Ah, thank you, Dianne: So thrilled you saw it too and that it inspiered you! 😀
Love the picture, and the Lord of the Rings Books are among my favorites…Great post 🙂
Thank you so much: I’m thrilled you like it! 🙂 Isn’t it just the perfect photo for a perfect quote (in it’s own quirky way that is)? 😉
– And who doesn’t love Lord of the Rings?! – I grew up on that! (well among others… 😉 )