Air Quote by Isak Dinesen

“The sidewalks were haunted by dust ghosts all night as the furnace wind summoned them up, swung them about, and gentled them down in…

— Ray Bradbury

“THE LILIES This morning it was, on the pavement, When that smell hit me again And set the houses reeling. People passed like rain:…

— Doris Lessing

“The shade melted away as the sun climbed into its zenith. All colors were now covered in stone dust. The only vigorous activity came…

— Aleksandr Voinov

“I tried to describe impossible things like the scent of creosote - bitter, slightly resinous, but still pleasant - the high, keening sound of…

— Stephenie Meyer

“We were in the autumnlands. Dim as it was, the forest glowed. The golden leaves flashing by blazed like sparks caught in the updraft…

— Margaret Rogerson

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…

— Haruki Murakami

“The wood was silent, still and secret in the evening drizzle of rain, full of the mystery of eggs and half-open buds, half unsheathed…

— D.H. Lawrence

By night we lingered on the lawn, For underfoot the herb was dry; And genial warmth; and o'er the sky The silvery haze of…

— Alfred Tennyson

The shed of leaves became a cascade of red and gold and after a time the trees stood skeletal against a sky of weathered…

— James Carlos Blake

“I stepped out to the lawn. I remember the air that night, and how it was so brisk that it could revive the dead.…

— Abraham Verghese

We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly…

— Ansel Adams

“From the ancient dwelling there came always a dignified, unobtrusive sadness; now stronger, now fainter,—like the aromatic smell which the dwarf cedars gave out…

— Willa Cather