And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone.

~ L.m. Montgomery

L.m. Montgomery Alone Hill Jane Lantern Love

Light is more important than the lantern,The poem more important than the notebook

~ Nizar Qabbani

Nizar Qabbani Inspirational Lantern Light Poem

Hope is a helium balloon. It is a wish lantern set out into the dark sky of night.

~ Sharon Weil

Sharon Weil Balloon Be The Change Change Changeability Have Hope Helium Balloon Hope Hope Quote Hopeful Hopefulness Lantern Lantern Of Hope Night Night Sky Sharon Weil Sky

To hear never-heard sounds, To see never-seen colors and shapes, To try to understand the imperceptible Power pervading the world; To fly and find pure ethereal substances That are not of matter But of that invisible soul pervading reality. To hear another soul and to whisper to another soul; To be a lantern in the darkness Or an umbrella in a stormy day; To feel much more than know. To be the eyes of an eagle, slope of a mountain; To be a wave understanding the influence of the moon; To be a tree and read the memory of the leaves; To be an insignificant pedestrian on the streets Of crazy cities watching, watching, and watching. To be a smile on the face of a woman And shine in her memory As a moment saved without planning.

~ Dejan Stojanovic

Dejan Stojanovic Cities Colors Darkness Dejan Stojanovic Eagle Ethereal Eyes Face Face Of A Woman Feel Feelings Fly Flying Imperceptible Invisible Know Lantern Leaves Matter Memory Moment Moon Mountain Pedestrian Planning Poetry Poets Power Read Reality Shapes Shine Smile Soul Sounds Stormy Day Streets Substances Task Of A Poet Tree Umbrella Understanding Watching Wave Whisper World

Having your evening coffee overA field guide of trails or alpine blossoms& so I need now to ask youWhich of the old journals did you firstOpen to a map of my long wanderingWhen did you first know I'd come back& how did you find yourself here& how did you know this single lanternYou are reading by was the last possibleLight to lead me home?

~ David St. John

David St. John Lantern Light Wandering

No my friend, darkness is not everywhere, for here and there I find faces illuminated from within; paper lanterns among the dark trees.

~ Carole Borges

Carole Borges Darkness Friendship Hope Lantern