Apricots Quote by C.S. Pacat

“I was drawn on. Conscious now that something needed doing, I moved ever higher on the land. Here entering an orchard of immense and…

— Leif Enger

“He wondered if he would live to see the blossom on his apple trees and felt an answering pop inside himself. Ah, so it…

— Salman Rushdie

“I moved silently across the garden, silvered with moonlight, my feet barely touching the ground. I brushed past fern and tree, following the lights…

— Hazel Gaynor

“Petey Samson gave the ladies an over-the-shoulder glance. He realized no doggie treat was forthcoming, even from Isabel who was usually the soft mark…

— Ed Lynskey

“He knew it from the moment he looked into her eyes, and a shiver of unrest went over him as he met them. They…

— C.L. Moore

“Through the screen, he could smell the evening as though it were a living presence, the purple and yellow flowers in his yard and…

— James Lee Burke

“I,it,was,that,saw, God,dancing,on,phosphorescent,toes, Among,the,strawberries. It,could,have,been,moonlight,or, Daylight—or,no,light,at,all. His,feet,cast,light,on,all. On,phosphorescent,feet, On,phosphorescent,feet,He,danced, And,His,eyes,were,closed: He,made,the,strawberries,tremble! Yet,He,hurt,not,the,little,one, But,gave,them,ripeness,all.”

— Jose Garcia Villa

“Her thoughts rambled, but she wasn’t daydreaming. Her senses were sharp. She caught the fall of every leaf in the garden, the rustle of…

— Kristin Cashore

“She saw him pause to watch it, going still with his hand on a stem and his other holding a seed head. And she…

— Nora Roberts

“He was aware, suddenly, of the chill condensing clammily on his skin, the smell of damp cobblestones, of the very air flowing in and…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“I stood to take a few minutes to clear my head when a strangled sob grounded me to the floor. My head jerked up,…

— A.L. Jackson

“There was something about his eyes—the color of the periwinkle that grew at the base of the trees in the Meadow, such a deep…

— Melanie Benjamin