Michael Sliney

“I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.”

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Hope is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And sings the tune without the words —
And never stops at all —

From Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson