Brooding Quote by Thomas Cole

“The early breeze sighing among the foliage, that waved high over the path, and the hollow dashing of distant waters, he listened to with…

— Ann Radcliffe

“The dusk rapidly deepened; the glades grew dark; the crackling of the fire and the wash of little waves along the rocky lake shore…

— Algernon Blackwood

“How may one describe enchantment? As he sang, his countenance softened, and without benefit of costume or any other artifice of the stage, the…

— Debra Dean

“Great stems rose about me, uplifting a thick multitudinous roof above me of branches, and twigs, and leaves-- the bird and insect world uplifted…

— George MacDonald

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with…

— Washington Irving

Thus, in a middle course between these heights and depths, they drifted through life rather than lived, the prey of aimless days and sterile…

— Albert Camus

“As we advance in the spiritual life and in the practice of systematic self-examination we are often surprised by the discovery of vast unknown…

— Anonymous

Behind it was that vast suspension bridge which always troubles me because it reminds me that in this mechanized age I am as little…

— Rebecca West

“The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the glade a light was seen Of stars in…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“From the dim regions beyond the mountains at the upper end of our encircled domain, there crept out a narrow and deep river, brighter…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“Important events — whether serious, happy or unfortunate — do not change a man's soul, they merely bring it into relief, just as a…

— Irene Nemirovsky

“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