As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and warmed the paper and ink inside the covers so that the smell of unread words hung in the air.
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this flowering bush on a sunrise walk around my neighborhood. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
If you can’t impress yourself, then no one else really matters.
–Laurell K. Hamilton, Obsidian Butterfly
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Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this container of pansies on a lunchtime walk around downtown Richmond, VA. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It’s easier to feel the sunlight without them, she said.
― Brian Andreas, Story People: Selected Stories & Drawings of Brian Andreas
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this lovely and unusual flower in a small garden near my parking deck in downtown Richmond, VA. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone. 
Dare to love yourself, as if you were a rainbow, with gold at both ends.
–Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image from Pixabay.
As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.
― John Muir
Below is the original photo used to create this image. I found this blooming redbud on a lunchtime walk around the Richmond capital buildings. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my Kodak Share digital camera. I like how the background came out a little blurry…
I want to believe that I’m not wrong. I want to believe that life isn’t full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.
― Natsuki Takaya
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a glass sun-catcher that hangs in my office window. Taken on a bright morning with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.
–Charlie Chaplin
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image from Pixabay.
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a lovely sunset taken during a trip to Delaware in August, 2008. A simple snap from my Kodak Share camera.
“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
–Hans Christian Andersen, The Complete Fairy Tales
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