“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.”

“Let your heart look
on white sea spray
and be lonely.

Love is a fool star.

You and a ring of stars
may mention my name
and then forget me.

Love is a fool star.”

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American writer and editor

“Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away!
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day!
For love may come an' tap you on the shoulder,
Some starless night!”

Paul Vance (1929) American record producer

“Love is similar to fire. Because none of us can master it. Fire burns your hands, while love deals with your heart and mind.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.”

Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) Welsh poet and writer

“Love in your hearts as idly burns
As fire in antique Roman urns.”

Samuel Butler (poet) (1612–1680) poet and satirist

“While you have a future do not live too much in contemplation of your past: unless you are content to walk backward the mirror is a poor guide.”

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

“Every sleepy light
Must say goodbye
To the day before it dies
In a sea of honey
A sky of honey
Keep us close to your heart
So if the skies turn dark
We may live on in
Comets and stars.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

“Though the dream of love may tire,
In the ages long agone
There were ruby hearts of fire —
Ah, the daughters of the dawn!”

George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter

“Though life has to be lived forward, it can only be understood backwards”

Adeline Yen Mah (1937) Author and physician