Jade

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time. Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

kookie and ilde wedding

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

ilde and kookie pre-nup

Marriage is the union of two divinities that a third might be born on earth. It is the union of two souls in a strong love for the abolishment of separateness. It is that higher unity which fuses the separate unities within the two spirits. It is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance, and whose ending is Eternity. It is the pure rain that falls from an unblemished sky to fructify and bless the fields of divine Nature.

kookie and idle pre-nup

idle and kookie pre-nup

Sheer Shanon at 18

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents and only one for birthday presents, you know.

Sarah at 18

Sarah at 18

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Sarah at 18

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do.

not have that privilege.