Life that crawled, life that slunk and crept and never closed its eyes. Life that burrowed and scurried, and life so still… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
...Winter, the aged chief, Mighty in power, Exiles the tender leaf, Exiles the flower. — Robert Fuller Murray Copy Share Image
Death have we hated, knowing not what it meant; Life we have loved, through green leaf and through sere, Though still the… — William Morris Copy Share Image
Angel and Muse approach from without; the Angel sheds light and the Muse gives form (Hesiod learned of them). Gold leaf or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A root, a stem, a leaf, some means of capturing sunlight and air and making food - in sum, a plant. The… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
As a magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun into a little burning knot of heat that can set fire to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
My father had osteomyelitis-his left arm was withered between his elbow and his shoulder ... . But the amputation of a Stone… — Jim Crace Copy Share Image
A village in a country which is taking pains to become altogether standardized and pure, which aspires to succeed Victorian England as… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death be like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore What a simple thing death is, just… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
If we are all strong, stable, we can set our sail with any wind in the world that comes along. We make… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. Loving all, you will perceive… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
If Broadway was a river running from the top of Manhattan down to the Battery, undulating with traffic and commerce and lights,… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
Did you get so caught up in the preoccupancy of a relationship that you lost who you were or were busy in… — Paula White Copy Share Image
I don’t want long hair, I don’t want short hair, I don’t want hair at all, and I don’t want to be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Each leaf that brushed his face deepened his sadness and dread. Each leaf he passed he'd never pass again. They rode over… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
Choosing leaf or flesh, factory farm or family farm, does not in itself change the world, but teaching ourselves, our children, our… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
Think about how long it took for the mountains to get there and look so beautiful. Think about how long it takes… — Daphne Zuniga Copy Share Image
As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough. — Sappho Copy Share Image