These woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
- Robert Frost, American Poet
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
- Langston Hughes, American Poet
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.
- Maya Angelou, American Author & Poet
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
- Walt Whitman , American Poet, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
These Strangers, in a foreign World, Protection asked of me— Befriend them, lest Yourself in Heaven Be found a Refugee—