Barren Quote by Lisa St. Aubin de Terán

It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind…

— Leonardo da Vinci

And I ran after that voice through the streets so as not to lose sight of the splendid wreath of bodies gliding over the…

— Milan Kundera

My head reeled at the sheer and startling beauty, the wide, bare openness of it. The sense of space, the vastness of the sky…

— Susan Hill

I have a terrible wanderthirst; the very sight of a map makes me want to put on my hat and take an umbrella and…

— Jean Webster

I walked down Paseo del Prado, losing myself to the sights, sounds, and dense magic of the city. There's something weirdly calming about being…

— Kate Klise

The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay…

— Burl Ives

“The weeks up there were almost the most beautiful in my life. I breathed the pure, clear air, drank the icy water from streams…

— Hermann Hesse

No one lives on the top of the mountain. It's fine to go there occasionally -for inspiration, for new perspectives. But you have to…

— Arthur Gordon Webster

“Vultures often seem exceptionally kind and warm at first. They want to fix you and absorb your problems. They are fascinated by your struggles.…

— Peace

I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I sat there…

— Richard Brautigan

We had been everywhere. We had really seen nothing. And I catch myself thinking today that our long journey had only defiled with a…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Sunk in the grass of an empty lot on a spring Saturday, I split the stems of milkweed and thought about ants and peach…

— Toni Morrison