October 31, 2010

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only,
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.'

- Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

October 30, 2010

Only those in tune with nature seem to pick up on the energy in wind. All sorts of things get swept off in the breeze - ghosts, pieces of soul, voices unsung, thoughts repressed, love uncherished, and a thousands galore of spiritual ether. Wind is an emotional rush because emotions are rushing by.

- Terri Guillemets

October 29, 2010

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.

- Mary Schmich

October 28, 2010

The time just before dawn contains the most energy of all hours of the day. This has helped me become an early riser and an early doer.... When I wake to see that it's light out already, I feel like the world has started without me.

- Terri Guillemets

October 27, 2010

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

- Edwin Teale

October 26, 2010

People say that losing weight is no walk in the park. When I hear that I think, yeah, that's the problem.

- Chris Adams

October 25, 2010

Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on.

- George Bernard Shaw

October 24, 2010

Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.

- Carol Bishop Hipps

October 23, 2010

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came -
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.

- George Cooper, "October's Party"

October 22, 2010

When the moon, after covering herself with darkness as in sorrow, at last throws off the garments of her widowhood, she does not at once expose herself impudently to the public gaze; but for a time remains veiled in a transparent cloud, till she gradually acquires courage to endure the looks and admiration of beholders.

- Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

October 21, 2010

May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.

- Irish Blessing

October 20, 2010

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

- Pamela Hansford Johnson

October 19, 2010

Mine is the night, with all her stars.

- Edward Young

October 18, 2010

Americans have always had the means to eat healthier. But they do not have the will.

- Harry Balzer

October 17, 2010

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

- John Muir

October 16, 2010

Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.

- Francis Thompson

October 15, 2010

Some praise the Lord for Light,
The living spark;
I thank God for the Night
The healing dark.

- Robert William Service, "Weary"

October 14, 2010

I come from the land of the foggy, foggy dew ooh...
Where walking through the meadow in the morning is like walking through glue!

- Carol Burnett - "Swamps of Home"

October 13, 2010

Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods

And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.

- William Allingham

October 12, 2010

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

- Emily Bronte

October 11, 2010

Whenever I see sunbeams coming through clouds, it always looks to me like God shining himself down onto us. The thing about sunbeams is they're always there even though we can't always see them. Same with God.

- Terri Guillemets

October 10, 2010

Alone with myself
The trees bend to caress me
The shade hugs my heart.

- Candy Polgar

October 09, 2010

Clark Kent: Fortunately for you, this weekend Smallville is holding the annual Corn Festival.
Lois Lane: This is a good thing?
Clark Kent: Sure! We'll get to see the Corn Queen Pageant, the Husk-Off, the Corn-o-rama, popcorn, cream corn, corn on the cob - we are in luck.
Lois Lane: [sarcastically] Oh be still my heart.

- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

October 08, 2010

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

October 07, 2010

I know a lot about cars. I can look at a car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming.

- Anonymous