“The past moves me and with me, although I remove myself from it. Its light often shines on this night traveler: and when it does, I scribble it down. Whatever pleasure is in it I need pass on. That's happiness. That is who I am.” NeedsDoeLightPastMovingNightPleasureShiningWho I AmRemoveTravelerShine OnScribbles Author:Virginia Hamilton
“Two children, all alone and no one by, Holding their tattered frocks, thro'an airy maze Of motion lightly threaded with nimble feet Dance sedately; face to face they gaze, Their eyes shining, grave with a perfect pleasure.” ChildrenTwoEyeFacesPerfectPleasureFeetDancingShiningGravesDancerFace To FaceAll AloneMazesAiryNimble Book:Laurence Binyon Source: Laurence Binyon
“The writing of Kathleen McGookey shines more brightly than most fine things we feel pleasure to read. Celebrate it!” FeelsWritingPleasureFineShiningCelebrateFine Things Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“A life of mere pleasure! A little while, in the spring-time of the senses, in the sunshine of prosperity, in the jubilee of health, it may seem well enough. But how insufficient, how mean, how terrible when age comes, and sorrow, and death! A life of pleasure! What does it look like when these great changes beat against it--when the realities of eternity stream in? It looks like the fragments of a feast, when the sun shines upon the withered garlands, and the tinsel, and the overturned tables, and the dead lees of wine.” WellsLooksMayMeanLittlesDoeEnoughRealitySeemsAgePleasureSunTerribleSorrowBeatsSpringEternityTablesWineShiningMereProsperitySensesStreamsSunshineFragmentsInsufficientWitheredGarlandsSun ShinesGreat ChangeSpring TimeJubileeTinsel Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin