Nature Quote by Tash Aw

“They found a thick tree that had fallen, the tangled roots exposed. They saw the drenched ground that had given way. The tree seemed…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“The branches dropped shaggy creepers that, when they reached the earth, hardened into roots and pried apart paving.”

— China Miéville

“we might as well be afloat as earthbound, the heave and fall beneath me the rise of planking, and the sound of the pines…

— Diana Gabaldon

“The trees seemed to have eyes that were watching us and reaching out for me. They began to take on the shape of the…

— Amber Newberry

“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

“What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you…

— T.S. Eliot

“It was still very wet under the trees. A careless tug at a branch might flip cold rainbow-edged drops down your back. And the…

— Jean Thompson

“An ending and a beginning now knotted up forever. He expected the hues of the world to change to reflect that, but the earth…

— Sarah Pinborough

“Only the land remained, the silent order of the mountains, the ground covered in fallen dead leaves in the enormous space, a boundless expanse…

— László Krasznahorkai

“The Fear of Burial In the empty field, in the morning, the body waits to be claimed. The spirit sits beside it, on a…

— Louise Gluck

“It has happened. It is over. They fled. They mourned. Until grief had turned stony, too, and they came back. Awed by the completeness…

— Susan Sontag

“I have seen trees that survive fire. Their bark is burned and their limbs are dead branches. But hidden under that skeleton is a…

— Holly Goldberg Sloan