Barren Quote by Ruth Emmie Lang

“Hill. Yes, that was it. But it is a hasty word for a thing that has stood here ever since this part of the…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The mountain veiled in mist is not a hill; an oak tree in the rain is not a weeping willow.”

— Khalil Gibran

“The grass and the vines and the willow tree were all so lush and vividly green that he was slightly awed by them. Their…

— Katie Lynn Johnson

“Without mountains and valleys life would just be plain.”

— Ted Agon

“Fall seemed to last forever, the trees barren except for the few leaves still managing to hold on, poised in some terrible in-between.”

— Chelsea Sedoti

“The sky was low and broody, but from here, near the treeline, you could see the forest rolling down into the valley, the lake…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“It seemed for a moment as if something was there, loitering between the knurled and towering cherry trees, a flash of a presence as…

— Hazel Butler

“Someone had cleared that hillside once to make an orchard that had fallen into ruin and was now only twisted silver branches and split…

— Louise Erdrich

“Things stood still, not a leaf trembled on the branches, while the sky slowly lost its color and became an expanse that looked like…

— Ayn Rand

“The trees part before her slender form and close in again behind me. The roads weave a vast labyrinth, and I am lost.”

— Shan Sa

“The woods hung dark on the hills; above, the sky violet, specked with minute feathery clouds, white as snowflakes.”

— Arthur Machen

“The Forest that had been about her all her life, certain as a mountain, was made ashes. The high gable that had stood for…

— Joe Abercrombie