Autumn too long

"a wind has blown the rain away
the sky away and all the leaves away,
and the trees stand. I think i too have known
autumn too long."
~e.e. cummings
(American Poet)

Sunset

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change,
and all patterns alter.
~Sharon Salzberg

The purpose of life

The purpose of life is to live it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and
without fear for newer and richer experience.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962)

Gate

Life is full of obstacle illusions.
~Grant Frazier

Troubles

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles."
~Charlie Chaplin

Doing something nice

Real generosity is doing something nice
for someone who will never find out.
~Frank A. Clark

Hearts Desire

Some prices are just too high,
no matter how much you may want the prize.
The one thing you can't trade
for your heart's desire is your heart.

~Lois McMaster Bujold,
"Memory"
1996 US science fiction author