Strikes Quote by Homer Hickam

“Farming, I discovered, is a great and ongoing war. The farmers are continually fighting to keep nature behind the hedgerow, and nature is continually…

— Kristin Kimball

“Woods are grim places. Farmers shoot squirrels, crows, magpies, and hang them up on trees to warn Mother Nature to get it together or…

— Jonathan Gash

“put down the roots, and the rabbits and lumberjacks they were lucky enough to avoid? This is not”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Come with me, Douglass; I will defend you with my life. I want you for a special purpose. When I strike, the bees will…

— John Brown

“All that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts of wild men.”

— Joseph Conrad

“The field was empty now. The grasses had been laid flat by more than one game played there, but in the center of it…

— Jennifer A. Nielsen

“When a forest grows too wild a purging fire is inevitable and natural...”

— Batman begins

“Without someone to hunt the wolves, the sheep would never be safe. The wolves were multiplying too quickly. The sheepdogs were being overrun.”

— Brad Thor

“No rustle came from the trees, no insect buzz or neighbors call...The woods were silent in their grief.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“Heard you killed ’em later on. In the woods.”

— David Baldacci

“How was I to know this tiny spark would spread like wildfire.”

— N.R.Hart

“She knows Con’s habits, piling on turf and logs, mad for the big blaze, reckless with firewood like there was no tomorrow.”

— Edna O'Brien