“But Elisabeth..." I held my breath. "She was never a hothouse flower. She is a sturdy oak tree. If her leaves have… — S. Jae-Jones Copy Share Image
“He loved, beneath all this summer transiency, to feel the earth's spine beneath him; for such he took the hard root of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“A vampire bat flies back into his cave after a big night...he has blood all over his face. Perches himself on the… — Michael Anderle Copy Share Image
Our own economy tells us to take as much as we can get, right? Our own economy says, you're going to be… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
Oak trees come out of acorns, no matter how unlikely that seems. An acorn is just a tree's way back into the… — Shirley Ann Grau Copy Share Image
“I jumped and slid over the hood as the fire ignited the leaves of the oak tree shading above me.” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“Ideas are fruits of your thinking. But they've got to be harnessed and put to work to have value. Each year an… — David J. Schwartz Copy Share Image
Embryos turn into babies; buds turn into blossoms; acorns turn into oak trees. The same programming that exists in them exists in… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable.… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
There's a group of 12 oak trees on my property in California that I call 'my disciples.' Their branches form a canopy… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“By the time a tree is full-grown, the underground root system is enormous; a mature oak tree, for example, has literally hundreds… — Richard M. Ketchum Copy Share Image
“A deaf man lived next door to a known robber and one day decided to help himself to the spoils of the… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
“I have many wonderful memories of this days we had together. It would make me happy to know that at least a… — Mary Simses Copy Share Image
“The seven of us slipped onto the porch and down the deck stairs, finding lawn chairs to sit in under a giant… — Wendy Higgins Copy Share Image
“Under the stillness of an old tree - a monk sits in silence, the oak sheds it's leaves.” — Meeta Ahluwalia Copy Share Image
I'd like to take a walk far back in the flinty hills and search for a souvenir, an old double-bitted ax stuck… — Wilson Rawls Copy Share Image
“The painting was so vibrant and alive with summertime that it seemed to fill the entire room with light. It depicted a… — Bobby Underwood Copy Share Image
You look different now. Like a proper little girl," said Gendry. "I look like an oak tree, with all these stupid acorns,"… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Now Arthur, if humans could learn to gaze with their eyes or use their special sight, they would realize there is more… — Chris DiSano Davenport Copy Share Image
You cannot spend your life wanting to be someone else, snipping off pieces of yourself you don't like, and suddenly expect, upon… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“Thinking about such things soothed the creature as it dug at the base of a tall oak tree, deep into the ground,… — Joe DeRouen Copy Share Image
“A lush clematis vine, its sweet vanilla scent calming and comforting, climbs over tented bamboo poles to form her reading fort. White… — Meg Donohue Copy Share Image
“Different sorts of survival machine appear very varied on the outside and in their internal organs. An octopus is nothing like a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
