Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One…

The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But now the theory goes That the apple's a rose, And the pear is,…

— Robert Frost

Everybody in Washington wants one of these jobs studies this book. It's called the Plum Book because the people in Washington turn the pages…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining hall, people…

— Nhat Hanh

The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options,…

— Omari Hardwick

We often love to think now of the life of men on beaches,--at least in midsummer, when the weather is serene; their sunny lives…

— Henry David Thoreau

Thinking very often resembles napping, but the intent is different. --Stephanie Plum

— Janet Evanovich

The eye of a man should be still more reverent before the rising of a young maiden than before the rising of a star.…

— Victor Hugo

What I really do is take real plums and put them in an imaginary cake.

— Mary McCarthy

The movie [Chicken with Plums] is very delicate, and you need to have people around you that understand what you're doing, otherwise it doesn't…

— Vincent Paronnaud

He must understand that if he is the world's finest plum and someone he loves does not like plums, he has the choice of…

— Leo Buscaglia

My work is the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird - equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums...

— Mary Oliver

Fruits each in its season, are the cheapest, most elegant and wholesome dessert you can offer your family or friends, at luncheon or tea.…

— Mary Virginia Terhune

Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world?

— Matsuo Basho

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pool singing…

— Sara Teasdale

Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?

— Matsuo Basho