All-over-but-the-shoutin Quote by Rick Braggs

“I slept that night in the room I used to have when I was a little boy, with the summer wind blowing in at…

— Willa Cather

“...the wind hums low with sweet exultation, sings its lullaby, while you sleep ...”

— John Geddes

“The first light on the roof outside; very early morning. The leaves on all the trees tremble with a soft awakening to any breeze…

— Ray Bradbury

“They fluttered and rustled ceaselessly through the air from all the tree-tops and branches. A delicate silvery sound was falling constantly to earth. It…

— Felix Salten

“I started to roll over for more sleep but heard a rooster crowing and then became aware we are on vacation and there is…

— Robert M. Pirsig

“I lay wakeful, watching the empty dark, listening to the little wind which had sprung up throwing handfuls of rain against the walls of…

— Mary Stewart

“I couldn't sleep for the longest time. I lay in bed watching the wreaths of sea mist sweep by. At times the mist cleared,…

— Bram Stoker

“I had been having trouble sleeping, and had found that actually getting up was marginally preferable to lying in my bed batting away the…

— Jojo Moyes

“A warm puff of air against my cheek rouses me from my sleep, reminding me that no matter how sunny it seemed as I…

— Anonymous

“The loveliness of the day was enough to knock you down. Swallows rioted above the calm green lid of the lake. Birch trees gleamed…

— Wells Tower