One who can take advice is sometimes superior to one who can give it.
--?
True Thomas lay on Huntlie Bank;
A Ferlie he spied vi his e’e;
And there he saw a lady bright
Come riding down by the Eildon Tree.
--Thomas The Rhymer st. 1 Anonymous Ballads
From the lone shieling of the misty island
Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas --
Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland,
And we in dreams behold the Hebrides.
Anon.
--?
"’She was a Tree of Tales,’ he said. ‘There are very few of them left, just as there are very few of me. She held stories, all the stories the wind brought to her that were of any worth, and with each such story she heard, she grew.’"
--Charles deLint Dreams Underfoot "The Conjure Man"
IF WE HANG IN THERE
AND HOLD ONTO OUR DREAMS
OF A BETTER EARTH
THEY WILL NOT FAIL US
IT’S IN GIVING UP THAT WE FAIL
--Susan (this came off of a folder)
"If one touches a faerie rock with the correct number of Primroses in a posy, the way is opened to faerie land and faerie gifts, but the wrong number opens the door to doom."
--Brain Froud and Alan Lee Faeries
If you built your castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
--Thoreau
"O Queen, somewhat I know of grammarie and divine philisophy, yet must I bow to thee for such learning, that dwellest here from generation to generation and dost commune with the dead."
--The Worm Ourobouros
"Remember your Shakespeare," Meran said. "’This fellow’s wise enough to play the fool.’ Did you ever think that perhaps their studied eccentricity protects them from sharper ridicule?"
--Charles deLint Dreams Underfoot "The Stone Drum"
Le roi est mort, vive le roi!
--Enigma
All our life we’ll wait for THE answer
And the question is: WHY
--Enigma
And, after all, what is a lie? ‘Tis but the truth in masquerade.
--Lord Byron Don Juan, canto XI
We sang the songs that carried in their melodies all the sounds of nature—the running waters, the sighing of the winds, and the calls of the animals. Teach these to your children that they may come to love nature as we love it.
--Grand Council Fire of American Indians
What we tend to complain about in most people are those things we don’t like about ourselves.
--?
What’s the use of a house if you don’t have a decent planet to put it on?
--Henry David Thoreau
"So," Jilly asked, "how can someone...how can I see things as they really are?"
"Well, it’s not that simple," the wizard told her. "First you have to know what it is that you’re looking for—before you can find it, you see."
--Charles deLint Dreams Underfoot "Uncle Dobbin’s Parrot Fair"
"There’s a difference between you and me
you’re a wannabe
I want to be"
--Mike S.
"Me, poor man, my library was dukedom large enough."
--Shakespeare Tempest I, ii