When the shot came, the rooks rose outward from their…

Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“A spring sun was shining on the rue St. Honore, as I ran down the church steps. On one corner stood a barrow full…

— Robert W. Chambers

“The truth is dark under your eyelids. What are you going to do about it? The birds are silent; there's no one to ask.…

— Charles Simic

Enormous morning, ponderous, meticulous; gray light streaking each bare branch, each single twig, along one side, making another tree, of glassy veins.

— John Banville

“Willow trees dipped their bare branches into pond water like girls testing the temperature with their toes.”

— Elizabeth Berg

“He had done nothing on Christmas day, just wandered around outside in the frozen woods. Hard ground, chill winds and bare branches that looked…

— R.D. Ronald

There is lace in every living thing: the bare branches of winter, the patterns of clouds, the surface of water as it ripples in…

— Brunonia Barry

“Then, without really realizing it, I start to think of one thing I did wrong for each tree I look at. Wide oak -…

— Nina LaCour

“Gods? There is but one God now, child, and I am no more than a wind through bare branches.”

— Katherine Arden

“She was too thin, her face all sharp bones and pale skin, tinged blue from lack of sunlight. Ugly, like him. Her eyes were…

— Stefan Bachmann

“Perhaps the House had heard Harvey wishing for a full moon, because when he and Wendell traipsed upstairs and looked out the landing window,…

— Clive Barker

“Fate. As a child, that word was often my only companion. It whispered to me from dark corners during lonely nights. It was the…

— Leslye Walton

“A man doesn't have time in his life to have time for everything. He doesn't have seasons enough to have a season for every…

— Yehuda Amichai

“We are more than our feelings. Feelings are like leaves and flowers on the tree of our being. They are the first to dance…

— Manjul Bajaj

“The Metal Element represents people who respect, treasure, and conserve precious items, like rare metals, gems, or jars of jam. Let’s calm ourselves down…

— Leta Herman