The pathless woods

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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more.” ~ Lord Byron

Red lanterns

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, marking vulnerable points.” ~ Ayn Rand Try as I might to shield them, my vulnerabilities, my weaknesses, are as glaring as red lanterns calling the wolves to my door.