Trees Quote by Clarence King

“The weeks up there were almost the most beautiful in my life. I breathed the pure, clear air, drank the icy water from streams…

— Hermann Hesse

“The mountains of the Great Divide are not, as everyone knows, born treeless, though we always think of them as above timberline with the…

— Wallace Stegner

“The mountains were rough amethysts, against a sky like a giant stage backdrop—layers of gauzy scarlet and gold and amber, lit from behind by…

— Elizabeth Peters

“I skip down the driveway, hurry up the road, linger on the bridge for a moment, looking down at the reflection of the sky…

— Christina Baker Kline

“Yet there was a momentary hint of blue sky, and even this bit of light was enough to release a flash of diamonds across…

— Thomas Mann

“Mountains have long been a geography for pilgrimage, place where people have been humbled and strengthened, they are symbols of the sacred center. Many…

— Joan Halifax

“And now that we have returned to the desultory life of the plain, let us endeavor to import a little of that mountain grandeur…

— Henry David Thoreau

“When I first enjoyed this superb view, one glowing April day," Jess read aloud, "from the summit of the Pacheco Pass, the Central Valley,…

— Allegra Goodman

“All well and good, but for our purposes these otherwise-valuable insights are mere subplots almost designed to carry us down side trails while blithely…

— Joseph J. Ellis

“The strongest trees on the mountain are the short, gnarled jacks. They let themselves bow and twist, and they live. They survive snowstorms and…

— Kelly Barnhill

“What was the human world like in the eyes of the mountains? Perhaps just something they saw on a leisurely afternoon. First, a few…

— Liu Cixin

“Every moment the patches of green grew bigger and the patches of snow grew smaller. Every moment more and more of the trees shook…

— C.S. Lewis