Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. – Henry Van Dyke

A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden. – Terri Guillemets, “Porch swing thoughts,” 2006

Or those war-clouds that gather on the horizon, dragon-crested, tongued with fire;—how is their barbed strength bridled? what bits are these they are champing with their vaporous lips… – John Ruskin, “The Cloud-Balancings”

The night sky is a miracle of infinitude. – Terri Guillemets, “Temere Sætninger: ix,” 2006