My father told me that when he was a kid, it was the best place in Syracuse to go to the movies. I told him I didn't think movies had been invented w… - Bruce Coville

"Lights and darks. And suddenly i was here, where everything seems strange. And I don't know why. Like the Fox and the Crow, I don't know the whole story yet. But that's a good reason to go on, don't you think?"
"Go where?" said the Scarecrow.
"Go forward," said the girl. "See something. Learn something. Figure it out. We won't ever get the whole thing, I bet, but we'll get something. And then we'll have something to tell when we're old about what happened to us when we were young."
"Now?" said the Scarecrow. "Can you tell it now?"
"After," said the girl. "We have to have the BEFORE first, and that's life"
"And what's life?" said the scarecrow.
"Moving," said the girl. "Moving on. Shall we move on? Will you come with me?"

I looked far and wide
For a heart to stay true,
I found it at last
When at last I found you.

Though I may wander
In paths far from you
I'll always return
To the heart that stays true.

But it's often the case that our most intimate enemies are rooted in our own darkness.