Leafy Quotes
37 quotes by 36 authors
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A Christmas frost had come at midsummer; a white December storm had whirled over June; ice glazed the ripe apples, drifts crushed the blowing roses;…
— Charlotte Bronte
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I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful when rain bends down the bough; And I shall be more silent and cold hearted than…
— Sara Teasdale
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I'm a perfectly good carrot that everyone is trying to turn into a rose. As a carrot, I have good color and a nice leafy…
— Mary Pipher
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Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body…
— Lois Lowry
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I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing…
— Joyce Kilmer
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Imagine you are walking down a leafy path…The sun is receding, and you are walking alone, caressed by the breezy light of the late afternoon.…
— Azar Nafisi
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There's nothing perplexing to me about a leafy shrub evolving out of the big bang, but that the post office exists because carbon exploded out…
— Steve Toltz
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The place smelled like Sam -- or, I guess, he smelled like the store. Like ink and old building and something more leafy than coffee…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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That many if not most people...who want fresh leafy greens in January buy them at the supermarket after they've been bleached and plastic-bag shipped from…
— Joel Salatin
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Maybe we were being a bit unrealistic, but we had this hope that if we could just get into the Ivy League, everything would be…
— Sarah Strohmeyer
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TREE HOUSE A tree house, a free house, A secret you and me house, A high up in the leafy branches Cozy as can be…
— Shel Silverstein
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On the 11th anniversary of 9/11, it is some consolation that the man most responsible for that terrible morning will not be smiling smugly to…
— Bobby Ghosh
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I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.
— James Vincent McMorrow
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I grew up in leafy suburbs in north and east Belfast, but if I had been born a mile down the road closer to the…
— Mike Nesbitt
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Lunch is a big huge salad with every color in it. From leafy greens to purple to herbs, fresh cut herbs mixed into it for…
— Christie Brinkley
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On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of…
— George Grey
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The sugar maple is remarkable for its clean ankle. The groves of these trees looked like vast forest sheds, their branches stoppingshort at a uniform…
— Henry David Thoreau
Who Wrote These Leafy Quotes
36 authors contributed a total of 37 Leafy Quotes, led by these top contributors: