Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Maya Angelou

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

Where words fail, music speaks.

Hans Christian Andersen

Halloween approached like a tiger in the night, with a soft rumble of warning…

M. L. Rio, If We Were Villains

And we stand in front of the mirror every morning, desperate to convince ourselves that the world is not falling apart.

Jas of Athens

There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.

Dante Alighieri “There Is A Gentle Thought”

We are alive. And now the work is to be gentler with ourselves and with the world.

Molly McCully Brown

The woods are human, but the sea is of the company of the archangels.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

This is your autumn, opening, spreading the strong scent of exile and empty letters.

Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence

Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.

Jim Bishop

I take a picture, but it's not about who is in the picture or the background of it. It's about the memories and meanings it holds.

Kayla Davis

The world before us is a postcard, and I imagine the story we are writing on it.

Mary E. Pearson, The Miles Between

The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories.

"A Tale For The Time Being", Ruth Ozeki

But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.

Rick Riordan

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

John Ray

To be effortlessly yourself is a blessing, an ambrosia. It is like a few tiny little puffs of opium which lift you ever so slightly off the hard surface of the world.

Laurie Colwin