Though My Soul

“Though my soul may set in darkness, 

it will rise in perfect light;

I have loved the stars too fondly 

to be fearful of the night.”

~ Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse

She Seems So Cool

“She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, 

yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. 

You think you know all there is to know 

about her immediately upon meeting her, 

but everything you think you know is wrong. 

Passion flows through her like a river of blood.

She only looked away for a moment, 

and the mask slipped, and you fell. 

All your tomorrows start here.”

~ Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: 

Short Fictions and Wonders

Only Those Who Will Risk

“Only those who will risk going too far 

can possibly find out how far one can go.”

~ Harry Crosby, Transit of Venus

Still Round The Corner

“Still round the corner there may wait

A new road or a secret gate

And though I oft have passed them by

A day will come at last when I

Shall take the hidden paths that run

West of the Moon, East of the Sun.”

~ J.R.R. Tolkien