A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down the river. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear. — Dogen Copy Share Image
The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace,… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I had long wondered," Lan said to Tam. "About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
God comes to each of us in the form we can best perceive Him. To you, just now, He was a heron.… — Richard Zimler Copy Share Image
It is never too late to go quietly to our lakes, rivers, oceans, even our small streams, and say to the sea… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
She [Justice Sandra Day O'Connor], unlike, Judge Bork, did not think that being on the court would be an "intellectual feast," to… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I am in the lineage of Gil Scott-Heron, great activist-type artists. But I'm also in the lineage of a Miles Davis -… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps,… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
How heron comes It is a negligence of the mind not to notice how at dusk heron comes to the pond and… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“Mount Fuji was mostly invisible n the summer, but on clear days she could see its grand and graceful silhouette dominating the… — Sara Backer Copy Share Image
[I have] a heavenly vase full of autumn leaves today. They look so beautiful. How much closer to God can one get?… — Lotte Lenya Copy Share Image
The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
To describe our growing up in the lowcountry of South Carolina, I would have to take you to the marsh on a… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Maybe the Snowy Heron is going to come off pretty badly when the planes come together. Maybe. But he's still proud and… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, 'I'm New Here,' doesn't mince… — Will Hermes Copy Share Image
When despair for the world grows in me... I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
A black-crowned night heron stood on an apron of wet sand, looking across the channel. The feather plume at the back of… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
In White Summer, Joelle Biele exhibits a Roethke-like affinity with nature and natures creatures. At times a miniaturist, Biele constructs exquisite addresses… — Elizabeth Spires Copy Share Image
I love to see that Nature is so rife with life that myriads can be afforded to be sacrificed and suffered to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
May your love be firm, and may your dream of life together be a river between two shores - by day bathed… — James Bertolino Copy Share Image
As much as anything, the anglers will clue you in to the midge hatch. You will see them hunched over in concentration… — Ed Engle Copy Share Image
“I seemed to be walking on and on forever through a peaceful, languid garden of rice paddies. This was no longer the… — Michio Takeyama Copy Share Image
“Certain bird species—herons, terns and ibises, for example—mesmerized Roosevelt. As president he insisted that killing one of these Florida exotics was a… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Stalking along from log to log, or plunging their long legs in the oozy swamp, two large herons paid no attention to… — William Cowper Prime Copy Share Image
The Bishop has a skin, God knows, Wrinkled like the foot of a goose, (All find safety in the tomb.) Nor can… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I discovered Gil Scott-Heron, I discovered a musical hero, a man who spoke baritone truth to power over jazzy funk at… — Will Hermes Copy Share Image
Comeback records always worry me, especially when they're made by one of my heroes, and I'd heard stories about Gil Scott-Heron recently,… — Will Hermes Copy Share Image
Many scholars have felt that the Heronian passage [on a pipe-organ moved by an anemourion-like wheel] can be disregarded because it is… — Lucio Russo Copy Share Image
![“She [Justice Sandra Day O'Connor], unlike, Judge Bork, did not think that being on the court would be an "intellectual feast," to quote Judge [Robert Heron] Bork.” quote by Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f93/joe-biden-454_court_she-justice-sandra-day-o-connor-unlike-j_317687.jpg)
![“[I have] a heavenly vase full of autumn leaves today. They look so beautiful. How much closer to God can one get? And a beautiful blue heron flew over the brook. Nature can make me cry faster than anything.” quote by Lotte Lenya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f6/lotte-lenya-59535_autumn_i-have-a-heavenly-vase-full-of-autumn-le_2026454.jpg)
![“Many scholars have felt that the Heronian passage [on a pipe-organ moved by an anemourion-like wheel] can be disregarded because it is not confirmed by other writings. Heron presumably mentioned the anemourion in a moment of distraction, forgetting that it had not been invented yet. We know that…” quote by Lucio Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab2/lucio-russo-43521_disregarded_many-scholars-have-felt-that-the-heronia_2047751.jpg)