"Happy the man ...."

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

John Dryden

"Sea Charm"

Sea charm

The sea’s own children

Do not understand.

They know

But that the sea is strong

Like God’s hand.

They know

But that sea wind is sweet

Like god’s breath,

And that the sea holds

A wide, deep death.

Langston Hughes

"It was very still ...."

It was very still, with the silence which we have driven from our world.

W Thesiger

"At twenty years, she is like ...."

A woman …. “At twenty years, she is like Africa.  Semi-explored.  At thirty years, she is like India.  Warm, mature, and mysterious.  At forty, she is like America.  Technically perfect.  At fifty years, she is like Europe.  All in ruins.  At sixty years, she is like Siberia.  Everyone knows where she is, but no one wants to go to her.”

Aristotle Onassis

'My Very Valentine'

Very fine is my valentine.

Very fine and very mine.

Very mine is my valentine very mine and very fine.

Very fine is my valentine and mine, very fine very mine and

mine is my valentine.

Gertrude Stein