"...the crescent moon hung white in the sky and the stars burned in the darkness above them." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust
"Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust
"The late afternoon sky bloomed in the window for a moment like the blue honey of the Mediterranean," - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
"...we knew we were lucky to live there. Or we thought we knew anyway; you can never know how lucky you are to have something until it's taken away." - Laura Shepperson, Phaedra
"[He] could smell the distant winter on the air -- a mixture of night-mist and crisp darkness and the tang of fallen leaves." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust
Mary Oliver, from “We Should Be Well Prepared”, Red Bird
"It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours and then be willing to let it go." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust
"She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust
"I would not let a man who knew the value of nothing make me doubt the value of myself." - Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
"'Look at all the colors,' she said. 'It's like the sky is on fire. Burning up the whole day. Nature has so much power if we just pay attention." - Rebecca Serle, One Italian Summer