here might the red bird come his plumes to cool, and court the flower that cheapens his array; rhodora! if the sages ask thee why this charm is wasted on the earth and sky, tell them, dear, that if eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being!

- The Rhodora, Emerson

Ellen: Aren't you ever afraid?

Henry: Yes. I'm afraid that I might "live" right though this moment -- and only live -- look at you and only see you. Oh, it doesn't hurt at all, believe me. But what if there's more -- and I miss it?

Ellen: Miss what?

Henry: What if all that is beautiful, in women, in the world -- or worlds-- what if all of it is totaled up in this face here, in front of me--and I am empty enough to think I am merely seeing one face?

- The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

senseless human needs / yet I still succumb to them / let's trade, love for love

- haiku by Cindy Hong

Sana, sana, culito de rana; si no sanas hoy sanarás mañana.

- Spanish proverb

The sun was always in her eyes / She didn't even see me / But that girl had so much love / she'd wanna kiss you all the time / Yeah, she'd wanna kiss you all the time

- She Had The World, Panic at the Disco