Oak Quotes
201 Oak quotes by 169 unique authors
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My feet will tread soft as a deer in the forest. My mind will be clear as water from the sacred well. My heart will…
— Juliet Marillier
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You know, I never imagined there were he-dryads. Not even in an oak tree." One of the giants grinned at him. Druellae snorted. "Stupid! Where…
— Terry Pratchett
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You woke up on the wrong side of the oak tree, didn’t you? (Acheron)
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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He’s stronger than this. He’s always been stronger… (Vane) Even the mightiest oak can be felled by a whisper of a wind if it comes…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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At last Niko dropped his hands, and opened his eyes. His perfect tree illusion solidified and settled. "Very nice," said Briar with approval. "Couldn't have…
— Tamora Pierce
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Poetry began in the matriarchal age, and derives its magic from the moon, not from the sun. No poet can hope to understand the nature…
— Robert Graves
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I'd like to take a walk far back in the flinty hills and search for a souvenir, an old double-bitted ax stuck deep in the…
— Wilson Rawls
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Bluestar blinked. "There are cats who would argue that there should never have been a fifth Clan in the forest at all. Why are there…
— Erin Hunter
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An oak tree and a rosebush grew, Young and green together, Talking the talk of growing things- Wind and water and weather. And while the…
— Shel Silverstein
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Lik the tree falling in the forest," says Ira. "Huh?" "You know, the old question - if a tree falls in a forest and no…
— Neal Shusterman
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Rin slept inside the oak’s thought. Its own memories of weather and growth continued to hum, and like a pond, its stillness reflected back herself.
— Shannon Hale
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I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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"Does all the beauty of the world stop when you die?" "No," said the Old Oak; "it will last much longer - longer than I…
— Hans Christian Andersen
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He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the…
— Emily Bronte
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I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.
— Deanna Raybourn
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If I should see your eyes again, I know how far their look would go -- Back to a morning in the park With sapphire…
— Sara Teasdale
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There was nothing dishonourable in not being blown about by every little modern wind. Better to have worth, to entrench, to be an oak of…
— John le Carre
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You knocked the door down." Disbelief rang in his matter-of-fact tone. "I know," she answered,unable to say anything else. Unable to look away from his…
— C.C. Hunter
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There are useful herbs growing near the oak tree by the stream," Flamepaw pointed out "Littlecloud would come for these" his tail curled up in…
— Erin Hunter
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A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.
— David McGee
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But I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in paper and cloth and…
— Rick Bragg
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Oh,” she said. “You can rest assured that I will kill him. Mostly this is to emphasize what I said before: no more time to…
— Richelle Mead
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The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
— Robert Jordan
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The little girl skipped by under the wrinkled oak leaves and held fast to a replica of herself.
— Anne Sexton
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The hatchet must fall on the block; the oak must be cleft to the centre. The weight of the world is on my shoulders. Here…
— Virginia Woolf
Who Wrote These Oak Quotes
169 authors contributed a total of 201 Oak Quotes, led by these top contributors: