Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It’ll be spring soon, and the orchards will be in blossom; and the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket; and they’ll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields; and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?
Frodo weakly replies that he can’t, but Sam’s recollection of the Shire’s goodness and beauty gives him new determination, and he puts Frodo on his back and begins once more to climb the steep slope.
https://christandpopculture.com/taste-strawberries-tolkiens-imagination-good/
I never stopped. We SHOULD have a book club.
In unrelated news I always have imagined that heaven was or contains a huge perfect library that housed ALL the answers. Where did the Bermuda Triangle planes and boats go? Math - all answers. Why people did what they did.
Wonderful thoughts...books are the best of friends...