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"And the day came that the pain it took to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to blossom."

~Anais Nin~


She Walks in Beauty

"She walks in beauty, like the night-of cloudless climes and starry skies, and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, had half impaired the nameless grace-which waves in every raven tress or softly lightens o'er her face, where thoughts serenely sweet express how pure, how dear their dwelling place. And on that cheek and o'er that brow so soft, so calm, yet eloquent, the smiles that win, the tints that glow, but tell of days in goodness spent. A mind at peace with all below, a heart whose love is innocent."

~Lord Byron~


"A soul takes flight from the body-to another world and there arriving, she is sure of bliss...and forever dwells in paradise"

~Plato~


"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods. There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is a society, where none intrudes. By the deep sea and music in it's roar. I love not man the less, but Nature more..."

~Lord Byron~