Wildness Quotes

88 Wildness quotes by 57 unique authors

We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness… — Terry Tempest Williams
In God's wildness lies the hope of the world-the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere… — John Muir
When there are enough people on the land to use it but not enough to husband it, then the wildness of the soil that we… — Wendell Berry
If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it. — Daniel Day-Lewis
In wildness is the preservation of the world. — Henry David Thoreau
One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good. — H.G. Wells
Men couldn't care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness or bedhead, since… — Helen Fisher
If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness! — Pablo Picasso
We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be… — Henry David Thoreau
Nor does God whisper through the trees. His voice is not to be mistaken. When men hear it they fall to their knees and their… — Cormac McCarthy
I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind… — Charles Lindbergh
At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant. — Aldo Leopold
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness… — Aldo Leopold
So what is wild? What is wilderness? What are dreams but an internal wilderness and what is desire but a wildness of the soul? — Louise Erdrich
In God's wildness lies the hope of the world. — John Muir
Sometimes she has imagined what it would be like to fly, to live in the river, to run like a horse. She has dreamed of… — Francesca Lia Block
Maybe love, too, is beautiful because it has a wildness that cannot be tamed. I don't know. All I know is that passion can take… — Deb Caletti
Thanks to the long days of rain, the blades of grass glowed with a deep-green luster, and they gave off the smell of wildness unique… — Haruki Murakami
they ran in the sunlight, creating their own breeze which pressed their dresses into their damp skin. Reaching a kind of square of four locked… — Toni Morrison
I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place finishes left behind. — Sarah Dessen
Wildness had never been a part of her life. Home, work, home, work. That's all her life had consisted of, really. She'd told Maddox that… — Gena Showalter
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony.… — Peter Straub
I warn't never meant to be a lady, I know that now. I got streaks of wildness in me that trip me up every time,… — L.A. Meyer
Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold. — John Muir
Old love, middle love, the kind of love that knows itself and knows that nothing lasts, is a desperate shared wildness. — Louise Erdrich

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