“When man of slender visits you / Nothing on earth that one can do / In well he’ll hide, or watery hole / And he will eat your mortal soul / so if thou seest the man so thin / pray you don’t see him again / for he is not from world we know / he cometh from far down below / on his bed of dirt from grave / from his dank and silent cave / he watches you yet has no sight / he taketh you away at night” IfsKnowsMenWorldWellsSoulEarthNightCan DoWatchesHe ManPrayingBedSightSilentGravesHolesMortalsDirtCavesSlenderDankVisits You Book:Slenderman, Slenderman - And Other Terrifying Tales Source: Slenderman, Slenderman - And Other Terrifying Tales
“Walk with me to the edge of the city, / Take off your shoes and feel the earth. / Remember who you are. You are a star. / A mountain, that fountain in the sun. / Your heart is the velvet cave / Where birds sing.” FeelsHeartEarthRememberStarsWalksCitiesSunJourneyMountainBirdWho You AreShoesEdgesCavesFountainVelvetWalk With MeRemember Who You Are Author:Julia Cameron
“Earth, earthriding your merry-go-roundtoward extinction,right to the rootsthickening the oceans like gravy,festering in your caves,you are becoming a latrine.” EarthBecomingOceanCavesExtinctionMerryGravyFestering Author:Anne Sexton
“Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth's vast hot iron, cold space's empty waves.” MenSeemsEarthSpaceSeaColdBirthDevilEmptyHotWaveIronCavesHacksDeep Sea Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“Flat Earth theory serves well enough for a trip from the cave to the water hole and back, and a third dimension going up into the sky and down underground serves to accommodate gods and devils A lot of people still think like that, believe it or not.” PeopleThinkingBelieveWellsStillsEnoughEarthWaterSkyTheoryDevilThirdsHolesDimensionsFlatsCavesAccommodate Author:Peter J. Carroll
“There are lifetimes where one goes off into the Himalayas and meditate in a cave. But this is not really one of those lifetimes for most people. Our earth has changed.” PeopleEarthSuccessCareersChangedBuddhismLifetimeCavesHimalayas Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I first heard from the lips of Lucretia Mott that I had the same right to think for myself that Luther, Calvin, and John Knox had, and the same right to be guided by my own convictions, and would no doubt live a higher, happier life than if guided by theirs, it was like suddenly coming into the rays of the noon-day sun, after wandering with a rushlight in the caves the earth.” IfsThinkingFirstsEarthMy OwnSunDoubtHeardAtheismHigherLipsConvictionWanderNo DoubtRaysCavesLutherNoonHappier Life Book:History of woman suffrage Source: History of woman suffrage