Nicole Holstein

“The Arrow and the Song

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems

“God promised to make you free. He never promised to make you independent.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, The Irrational Season

“Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.”
― Francis Bacon

“Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.”
― Thomas Otway