Gardening Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac-blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid air.”

— Oscar Wilde

“He'd closed the door to all of his emotions years ago, but now, the aroma that seeped from her flawless skin was an intoxicating…

— Beth Bares

“... in the garden where the lilacs were so tall it was impossible to see the road. The leaves were dusty, the way they…

— Alice Hoffman

“The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid…

— Oscar Wilde

“Out of the fresh little green hearts of their foliage the lilacs raised inquisitively over the fence of the park their plumes of white…

— Marcel Proust

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there…

— Oscar Wilde

“When, on a summer evening, the melodious sky growls like a tawny lion, and everyone is complaining of the storm, it is the memory…

— Marcel Proust

“I could hear the crickets and tree frogs starting their night song in the small, wooded area behind us. A faint smell of lilac…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“A bird hopped onto the foaming lilac outside. Its throat quivered; notes rose and fell out. As long as it kept singing and I…

— David Mitchell

A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always…

— Anonymous

“In moments like these, offering up his heart at the hour that night flowers offer up their perfume, lit up like a lamp in…

— Victor Hugo

There was a filmy veil of soft dull mist obscuring, but not hiding, all objects, giving them a lilac hue, for the sun had…

— Elizabeth Gaskell