Over the drop, a luminous pond lay below them like a pale magic lantern. It was as if the moon had plummeted into the water and smashed open. Engulfed in darkness, with only a scatter of stars above, the place felt like a bright secret — something ancient and precious.

Sara Sheridan
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If you want to go somewhere, and you fall and you don't know how to get there, and you seem to be falling forever and don't know how to stop falling and falling forever, then the only thing you can do is shine a light down there so people can see where your falling.

Source: On Starlit Seas

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