Not till the poets among us can be "literalists of the imagination"-above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, "imaginary gardens… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the waterside. But as we went… — Dorothy Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Fine food is poison. It can be as bitter as antimony and bitter almonds and as repulsive as swallowing live toads. Like… — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
Frog said, 'I wrote 'Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.' 'Oh,' said Toad,… — Arnold Lobel Copy Share Image
I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie; for lies breed like Surinam toads; you cannot tell one but out it comes with… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
I felt as if I had no control over what I said, as if loathsome, ugly words were waiting inside me like… — Gloria Whelan Copy Share Image
I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A southwest blow on ye and blister you all o'er!' 'The red plague rid you!' 'Toads, beetles, bats, light on you!' 'As… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
I must brave the interior of the most tawdry and literally trumpery tower of them all ... the Trump Taj Mahal. For… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ... ... if you demand on one hand, the raw material of poetry in… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
He was one of the many toads you have to go through to find the prince. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Early in April, as I was vigorously hoeing in a corner, I unearthed a huge toad, to my perfect delight and satisfaction;… — Celia Thaxter Copy Share Image
To a toad, what is beauty? A female with pop eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and a spotted back, — Voltaire Copy Share Image
A Toad, can die of Light - Death is the Common Right Of Toads and Men — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The poet Marianne Moore famously wrote of 'real toads in imaginary gardens,' and the labyrinth offers us the possibility of being real… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I felt the bloated Toad, hideous and pampered with the poisonous vapours of the dungeon, dragging his loathsome length along my… — Matthew Gregory Lewis Copy Share Image
Richard Nixon has never been one of my favorite people anyway. For years I've regarded his existence as a monument to all… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
