As soon as the torch went out the atmosphere of the forest intensified. As her eyes slowly became accustomed to the darkness she started to notice the outlines of canopies above them where trees were silhouetted against the pale moonlight. The sounds around them became more noticeable; the shuffling of an animal through the undergrowth, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Emily Arden
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Quote for Today: Anton Chekhov
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ―Anton Chekhov Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Michael Shea
The wind that night made him feel his chronic longing. The wind, trying to stampede the trees, was roaring for a grand, universal departure to another solar system, a better deal, and the grass struggled to join the rootless giant of the air. All that lives strives to fly, to master time. All tribes … Continue reading Quote for Today: Michael Shea
Quote for Today: Harold Monro
Here is the soundless cypress on the lawn: It listens, listens. Taller trees beyond Listen. The moon at the unruffled pond Stares. And you sing, you sing. That star-enchanted song falls through the air From lawn to lawn down terraces of sound, Darts in white arrows on the shadowed ground; And all the night … Continue reading Quote for Today: Harold Monro
Quote for Today: Mary Stewart
Sometimes, when you're deep in the countryside, you meet three girls, walking along the hill tracks in the dusk, spinning. They each have a spindle, and on to these they are spinning their wool, milk-white, like the moonlight. In fact, it is the moonlight, the moon itself, which is why they don't carry a distaff. … Continue reading Quote for Today: Mary Stewart
Quote for Today: Ishmael Beah
"We must strive to be like the moon." An old man in Kabati repeated this sentence often... the adage served to remind people to always be on their best behavior and to be good to others. She said that people complain when there is too much sun and it gets unbearably hot, and also when … Continue reading Quote for Today: Ishmael Beah
Quote for Today: W.B. Yeats
The Cat and the Moon The cat went here and there And the moon spun round like a top, And the nearest kin of the moon, The creeping cat, looked up. Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon, For, wander and wail as he would, The pure cold light in the sky Troubled his animal blood. … Continue reading Quote for Today: W.B. Yeats
