S. E. Hinton

This belongs to Heather Rowland.

I took the lines from a Robert Frost poem which I first read in the book “The Outsiders”. This is my favorite poem and book. I was in the grocery store the other day, when a woman behind me said ”Oh, that’s beautiful”. We talked about the book, “The Outsiders” which we agreed was a rite of passage for young girls in the late 70’s. She told me about your website.

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

– Robert Frost

This is Emma’s tattoo.

This is Julia’s.

For me it’s a reminder to stay true to myself, to not get too jaded, and to cherish innocence and remember that it can live inside us simultaneously with wisdom.

This belongs to Season R. Gomez.

Nature’s first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. 

– Robert Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”

“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.”

― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders