“Every summer morning seems to be the first in the world. Each twilight seems to be the last, solemn agony, announced at sunset by a final glow that darkens every hue. The sea is ultramarine, the road the color of clotted blood, the beach yellow. Everything disappears with the green sun; an hour late…”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“When your world grows darkand your soul feels heavy, rise up to meet the sky, spend the night with infinity. Let the universe wrap its arms around you as you draw courage from the stars.Rest your weary head on hopeand know that you are loved,for love is everywhere.”— Christy Ann Martine, facebook.com
“You great star. What would your happiness be had you not those for whom you shine?”— Fredriech Nietzche, amazon.com
“And I, infinitesimal being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, I felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled with the stars, my heart broke loose on the wind.”— Pablo Neruda, amazon.com
“Some days we can see Venus in midafternoon. Then at night, stars separated by billions of miles, light traveling years to die in the back of an eye. Is there a vocabulary for this—one to make dailiness amplify and not diminish wonder?”— Kaveh Akbar, narrativemagazine.com