When I Grow Up

"The trick is growing up without growing old."

~Casey Stengel

Untold Story

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
~Maya Angelou

Guardians of the Passage

"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." ~St. Augustine

Woodland Elves

"There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations."
~Washington Irving

Elvish Beauty

"The recipe for beauty is to have less illusion and more Soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony."
~Mary Baker Eddy

Goddess of Spring

And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

Warrior Princess

"The Way of a Warrior is based on humanity, love, and sincerity; the heart of martial valor is true bravery, wisdom, love, and friendship. Emphasis on the physical aspects of warriorship is futile, for the power of the body is always limited."
~ Ueshiba Morihei

Haunted Heart

“One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else.”
~misbliss14

Empress of Sol

"The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye."
~ John Dryden

The Secret Portal
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."
~Galileo Galilei

Lady of the Lake

"A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. The fluviatile trees next the shore are the slender eyelashes which fringe it, and the wooded hills and cliffs around are its overhanging brows."
- Henry David Thoreau