e.e. cummings

to be yourself in a world that is doing its best, day and night to make you like everybody else--is to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight.

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain, has such small hands

lovers alone wear sunlight

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

- e.e. cummings