Above his monotonous voice one could hear, now and again…

“The leaves were still on the trees, but were becoming dry, perched like birds ready to fly off.”

— Buchi Emecheta

“She was a finisher, unlike them -- she didn’t wait for leaves to fall and see where they’d land, or even waste time anticipating…

— Tania Zaverta Chance

I am the wind and I have no country. I possess no gardens and no deserts. I reach the top of the mountains and…

— Anonymous

It ought to come like the leaves to the trees, or it better not come at all.

— John Keats

“The air had a cool crispness to it and the leaves on the trees had begun turning yellow and red.”

— Carla Reighard

There is, in the heart, the hard-rendering profit. As if we were plucking the leaves from the trees.

— Katy Lederer

When men once reach their autumn, sickly joys fall off apace, as yellow leaves from trees

— Edward Young

Outside, a gusty October breeze was combing leaves from the trees and sending them across her backyard in colorful skitters.

— Stephen King

“Animals had returned to what was left of the forest...clusters of orange butterflies exploded off the blackish purple piles of bear sign and winked…

— Denis Johnson

Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune.

— Ming-Dao Deng

As leaves on the trees, such is the life of man.

— Homer

A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this…

— Brian Swimme

“Sitting at the old patio table she’d cleared of leaves, she smiled and leaned back. The stars looked twisted in the limbs of the…

— Sarah Addison Allen

Sometimes it's about less is more. It's about the seed. Thinking about this gigantic tree that you think is so beautiful but it started…

— Fred Durst

I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to…

— Roberto Clemente