Organic Mutant

ok … i was reading ‘ the fellowship of the ring ‘ on bart today. As we approached the Embarcadero station, my reading concluded with this quote:
‘A dreary place: but it seemed a charming and cheerful garden after the forrest.’

After riding underwater through the dark transbay tube, then climbing out of the subterranean depths, up the succession of escalators and stairs, finally reaching ground level of the financial district, I was surrounded by towering office buildings which allowed just a narrow glimpse of the blue sky and white clouds above, the quote resonated in my head.