I rise and turn back…. leaving the rest of the world to coyotes who are now running across the mountain together, howling and yipping behind me, calling for the frozen night to come. – Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night. – Paul Simon, “A Poem on the Underground Wall”

The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand. – Frederick L. Knowles

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby. – Mary Chapin Carpenter