Branches Quote by George Meredith

“I rejoice that there are owls. Let them do the idiotic and maniacal hooting for men. It is a sound admirably suited to swamps…

— Henry David Thoreau

“When the poet closed her eyes the wingspan of the great horned owl cast a tawny shadow over the green immense forests. The owl…

— Pat Conroy

“THE OWLS by: Charles Baudelaire UNDER the overhanging yews, The dark owls sit in solemn state, Like stranger gods; by twos and twos Their…

— Charles Baudelaire

“I hurled myself into the study of my subject with renewed fervor, able to see the dry facts and arid descriptions in the same…

— Alan Moore

The sunshine was delightful, the foliage gently astir, more from the activity of birds than from the breeze. One gallant little bird, doubtless lovelorn,…

— Victor Hugo

There are moments when Nature reveals the passion hidden beneath the careless calm of her ordinary moods-violent spring flashing white on almond-blossom through the…

— John Galsworthy

“With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet,…

— John Milton

In the hollow tree, in the old gray tower, The spectral Owl doth dwell; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at the…

— Bryan Procter

The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits.

— William Shakespeare

“A LITTLE while, a little while, The weary task is put away, And I can sing and I can smile, Alike, while I have…

— Emily Brontë

“Beauty was all around them. Unsuspected tintings glimmered in the dark demesnes of the woods and glowed in their alluring by-ways. The spring sunshine…

— L.M. Montgomery

The significant owl hoots in the night.

— Terry Pratchett