Disillusionment Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet,…

— Anonymous

“The lake i had grown up on was protected by thousands of acres of private forests. It kept out the reality of a harsher…

— Michael Gates Gill

This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

It is one thing to hear about the forest and the river, but an entirely other experience to go there, to see the environment,…

— Chris Kilham

I grew up in a village of about 800 people surrounded by lakes and woods, and I think it's made a definite impact on me.

— Drew Hayden Taylor

I'm concerned about the overuse of spectacular places. And there's no real wilderness left and so there's a heartbreak there. You can go anywhere…

— Anne Waldman

I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.

— Steven Tyler

I love the woods even more than the ocean.

— Steven Tyler

Wading River was a gorgeous place to grow up and I feel very lucky there was a wood by our house where I could…

— Adam Conover

The finest of the glacier meadow gardens lie ...imbedded in the upper pine forests like lakes of light.

— John Muir

The lakes are something which you are unprepared for; they lie up so high, exposed to the light, and the forest is diminished to…

— Henry David Thoreau

When I began to write my books about Coalwood, I was surprised to discover, upon reflection, that it wasn't an ordinary place at all.

— Homer Hickam