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title: "10 Goldenrod Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Goldenrod quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Goldenrod sayings and thoughts."
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> [“But the willows were willows and the goldenrod goldenrod and the dancers dead and lost.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/but-the-willows-were-willows-and-the-goldenrod-goldenrod-and-the/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [“I am offering the only thing I have. I am holding out my hand, feeding myself to the hungry future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-smith/i-am-offering-the-only-thing-i-have-i-am-holding-out-my-hand-feeding/)

[Maggie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-smith/)

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> [The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayard-taylor/the-hollows-are-heavy-and-dank-with-the-steam-of-the-goldenrods/)

[Bayard Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayard-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/bayard-taylor-7097_dank_the-hollows-are-heavy-and-dank-with-the_293340.jpg)

> [I know the lands are lit, with all the autumn blaze of Goldenrod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/i-know-the-lands-are-lit-with-all-the-autumn-blaze-of-goldenrod/)

[Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/helen-hunt-jackson-13421_autumn_i-know-the-lands-are-lit-with-all-the-au_936381.jpg)

> [You can see the goldenrod, that most tenacious and pernicious and beauteous of all New England flora, bowing away from the wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-can-see-the-goldenrod-that-most-tenacious-and-pernicious-and/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/stephen-king-13_congregation_you-can-see-the-goldenrod-that-most-tena_2990459.jpg)

> [“Sometimes the sun sets & things that shouldn’t be golden are golden. There’s a field. There’s a lake & a tree &…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-pritts/sometimes-the-sun-sets-things-that-shouldn-t-be-golden-are-golden/)

[Nate Pritts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-pritts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/nate-pritts-265514_sun-set_sometimes-the-sun-sets-things-that-shoul_1159012.jpg)

> [We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen rarely cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-macunovich/we-blame-walt-disney-for-goldenrod-s-undeserved-bad-name-despite/)

[Janet Macunovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-macunovich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/janet-macunovich-21724_allergic_we-blame-walt-disney-for-goldenrod-s-und_2919608.jpg)

> [“Goldenrod Moram had a first name that sounded like it belonged in the middle of a fairy tale, where she would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarvenaz-tash/goldenrod-moram-had-a-first-name-that-sounded-like-it-belonged-in-the/)

[Sarvenaz Tash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarvenaz-tash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/sarvenaz-tash-108758_fairy-tale_goldenrod-moram-had-a-first-name-that-so_3045100.jpg)

> [Because its myriad glimmering plumes Like a great army's stir and wave; Because its golden billows blooms, The poor man's barren walks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-larcom/because-its-myriad-glimmering-plumes-like-a-great-army-s-stir-and/)

[Lucy Larcom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-larcom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/lucy-larcom-9021_army_because-its-myriad-glimmering-plumes-lik_1568447.jpg)

> [September is a sweep of dusky, purple asters, a sumac branch swinging a fringe of scarlet leaves, and the bittersweet scene of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hersey/september-is-a-sweep-of-dusky-purple-asters-a-sumac-branch-swinging-a/)

[Jean Hersey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hersey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/jean-hersey-31277_air_september-is-a-sweep-of-dusky-purple-ast_2781148.jpg)

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