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An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.
An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.
Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of read more
Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are read more
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.
My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he read more
My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
The wings of angels are often found on the backs of the least likely people.
The wings of angels are often found on the backs of the least likely people.
Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream read more
Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete... babies are almost the only remaining link with nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.
He's armed without that's innocent within.
He's armed without that's innocent within.