Volcanoes melt you down

"If there was a volcano under their feet, a Vesuvius that could erupt and bury this modern-day Pompeii at any moment, the best thing to do was dance on it. "
— Deborah Davis

In a familiar part of town

(photo by Rachel Breedveld)

"What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul."
— Victor Hugo

Come on come out

(photo by Rachel Breedveld)

"When I dream, I dream of him. For several nights now he’s come to me, waving from a distant shore as if he’s been waiting patiently for me to arrive. He doesn’t utter a word, but his smile says everything: I’ve missed you."
— Libba Bray

While Spring is in the world

(photo by Rachel Breedveld)

"Pick a tree. I'll carve our initials into it."

— Fang

Dance 'till the morning light

(photo by Rachel Breedveld)

"Do little pink fairies sing and dance in your world, Peabody?"
"Sometimes, when it's very quiet and no one else can see."
— J.D. Robb

Dipped its top and set me down again

(photo by Rachel Breedveld)

"Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I woke sobbing for joy."
— Emily Brontë

What light through yonder window breaks?

(photo by Rachel Breedveld)

"Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate
And though I oft have passed them by
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun."
— J.R.R. Tolkien

Gravity's rainbow

(photo by Rachel Breedveld)

"Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."

— Maya Angelou

Little secrets

(photo by Rachel Breedveld)

My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A hat. Good shoes. A nice pleated (green?) skirt for the occasional seaside hotel afternoon dance.