It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
For reasons he couldn’t understand a sadness came over him and it was then he saw the girl standing on the other… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Now that spring is no longer to be recognised in blossoms or in new leaves on trees, I must look for it… — David Malouf Copy Share Image
Out of the fragrant heart of bloom, The bobolinks are singing; Out of the fragrant heart of bloom The apple-tree whispers to… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
In my grandparents' time, it was believed that spirits existed everywhere - in trees, rivers, insects, wells, anything. My generation does not… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Neither drink [coffee or tea] was known in Frankish lands, but seated in the coffeehouses, I drank of each at various times,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Far away if first black, But it shall be back Over field Over flower In the twilight hour. We are home in… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
What makes the strength of the soldier isn't the energy he uses trying to intimidate the other guy by sending him a… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I sit cross-legged on the rock The valleys and streams are cold and damp Sitting quietly is beautiful The cliffs are lost… — Hanshan Copy Share Image
My favorite season is autumn, and Maine is lovely for that reason. In Maine, autumn begins on July 29. That's when you… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
My curiosity to see the melancholy spectacle of the executions was so strong that I could not resist it, although I was… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
There is hardly an American male of my generation who has not at one time or another tried to master the victory… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
You can’t hate the roots of the tree without ending up hating the tree. You can’t hate your origin without ending up… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We were not for underestimating magic - a life-conductor like the sap between the tree-stem and the bark. We know that it… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
I measure myself Against a tall tree I find that I am much taller, For I reach right up to the sun… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
This new England we have invented for ourselves is not interested at all in education. It is only interested in training, both… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I shall open my eyes and ears. Once every day I shall simply stare at a tree, a flower, a cloud, or… — Clyde S. Kilby Copy Share Image
Nature is a tenacious recycler, every dung heap and fallen redwood tree a bustling community of saprophytes wresting life from the dead… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
I have often thought that my work with wildlife taught me the meaning of patience, and my work with the big trees… — James Balog Copy Share Image
I would I were alive again To kiss the fingers of the rain, To drink into my eyes the shine Of every… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough,… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Slanders, sir, for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot… — Enid Blyton Copy Share Image
You know, it's kind of hard because I really - I see kids on their Rollerblades and their bikes, and just running… — Mattie Stepanek Copy Share Image
We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I have watched the river and the sea for a lifetime. I have seen rivers rob soil from the roots of trees… — Keri Hulme Copy Share Image
Walking on willow tree roads by a river dappled with peach blossoms, I look for spring light, but am everywhere lost. Birds… — Wang Wei Copy Share Image
You must bind up any wounds you give the earth and you must feed her to replace what you take from her.… — Morgan Llywelyn Copy Share Image
Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The tree of love its roots hath spread Deep in my heart, and rears its head; Rich are its fruits: they joy… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
The entire cosmos is a cooperative. The sun, the moon, and the stars live together as a cooperative. The same is true… — Buddhadasa Copy Share Image
“Bed in Summer In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way, I… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath… — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
My Rainforests Project ... has three main elements. Firstly, to determine how much funding the rainforest countries need to re-orientate their economies… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
I sat at the foot of a huge tree, a statue of the night, and tried to make an inventory of all… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image