Boredom Quote by John Milton

The leaves had fallen from the trees and lay crisp and crackling beneath his feet. Picking one up he marveled, not for the first…

— Louise Penny

Vineyards and shining harvests, pastures, arbors, And all this our very utmost toil Can hardly care for, we wear down our strength Whether in…

— Lucretius

“Without any wind blowing, the sheer weight of a raindrop, shining in parasitic luxury on a cordate leaf, caused its tip to dip, and…

— Vladimir Nabokov

But the trees were gorgeous in their autumnal leafiness - the warm odours of flowers and herb came sweet upon the sense.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Dear, dear Norland,' said Elinor, 'probably looks much as it always does at this time of year. The woods and walks thickly covered with…

— Jane Austen

Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak or stain, Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires Their balmy odors, and imparts their…

— William Cowper

Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a…

— Augustus William Hare

“The feathery palms that lined the drainage canals, the acacia thorns and sycamores, all glistened with the sheen of new, pale-green leaves, and in…

— Pauline Gedge

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.

— Lucretius

“Daylight would have shown a wilderness weathered and blowzy, a wanton that had lived her summer too fast and too greedily. It would have…

— Irvin S. Cobb

“He looked like a once-green leaf that had begun to dry and to reveal the structure of its veins.”

— Graham Joyce

“By now, at the end of a sloping alley, we had reached the shores of a vast marsh. Some unknown quality in the sparkling…

— R. Murray Gilchrist