The Lightness of Being

It's not enough to have the feathers. 
You must dare to fly! - Cass van Krah

The sun is harsh both in the light on sensitive eyes and the burning of their delicate skin – the girls are equally as delicate - and as strong - as a feather.

Growing up closes so many doors. The modern world doesn't allow for miracles, so we don't see them. It's a very precious gift, an open mind, but it's not passive. You've got to nurture it like a bed of roses; otherwise it will wither and die. Make sure you don't close off your mind to things you find strange. Sometimes they may be the only truth. - Tim Lebbon

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. 
― Gérard de Nerval

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’ - C.S. Lewis

While the term fairy goes back only to the Middle Ages in Europe, analogues to these beings in varying forms appear in both written and oral literature, from the Sanskrit gandharva (semi-divine celestial musicians) to the nymphs of Greek mythology and Homer, the jinni of Arabic mythology, and similar folk characters of the Samoans, of the Arctic peoples, and of other indigenous people.

The common modern depiction of fairies in children’s stories represents a bowdlerisation of what was once a serious and even sinister folkloric tradition. The fairies of the past were feared as dangerous and powerful beings who were sometimes friendly to humans but could also be cruel or mischievous.

As it swirls and flies and
the whiteness takes over
they disappear into the secret cold cloak then, blending with the landscape.
they are safe from prying eyes

- Anon

The human touch is that little snippet of physical affection that brings a bit of comfort, support, and kindness. It doesn’t take much from the one who gives it, but can make a huge difference in the one who receives it. 
- Mya Robarts

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. -Khalil Gibran

For I do not exist: there exists but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling me increases. Somewhere they live, somewhere they multiply. I alone do not exist. 
- Vladimir Nabokov

The wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone.”

Like wildflowers; you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would. - E.V

The Forest is dark, dearie, The Forest is dark; 
The moment you think that you’re lost in the woods, then you are. 



Do not lose your way, dearie, Do not lose your way;
 The monsters are lurking not far from the path should you stray.



Things aren’t what they seem, dearie, Things aren’t what they seem; Kind grins are bared teeth; Please don’t answer the calls from the trees.



Do not pay them heed, dearie, Do not pay them heed;
 Hear footsteps behind you, beware but don’t fret, they’re just checking.



The air is alive, dearie, The air is alive;
 To help and to hinder, but it’s how some learned to survive.



These woods are too old, dearie, These woods are too old; 
Watch for crimson wraiths, keep your strength and wits close should you go.



Deep in the Forest. 
- Emory R. Frie

Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to. - John Berger

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many part - William Shakespeare

Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution. - Deepak Chopra

Beware the darkness of dragons,

Beware the stalker of dreams,

Beware the talons of power and fire,

Beware one who is not what she seems.



- Tui T. Sutherland

The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness. - Jane Fonda