Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Norman Vincent Peale

Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Henry James

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.

Paramahansa Yogananda

There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.

John Gregory Brown

Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
Million suns, and calls me on and on
Across the universe.

John Lennon

Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star.

e.e. cummings

All images shot for the incredible Candy Capco Photography on December 24th, 2011. To see more from Jonny and Lauren’s perfect Wellington summer wedding, please click here. Be sure to look for the candy cane! ♥