Quote by Virginia Woolf

“With so much unknown in this life, how little it takes for a face, a grove of trees, an outcropping of stone to become…

— Larry Watson

“The fruit in the garden was not about knowledge, but about not knowing, about looking into a face and having no idea whether you…

— Naeem Murr

“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than it be stifled by…

— Jack London

“. . . And as fall turned to winter, the Darlington peach trees started dropping their leaves again, gently, like they were letting them…

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“As I turned to leave, I looked down. Beside my foot, a sprout of greenery was clawing its way through the pristine nothingness to…

— J.D. Stroube

“The world is ripe, and we'll pluck it like an apple from a tree.”

— Ron Rash

“The Leaving" My father said I could not do it, but all night I picked the peaches. The orchard was still, the canals ran…

— Brigit Pegeen Kelly

“When we neared the orchard a flock of birds lit from its outer rows. They hadn't been there long. The branches shook with their…

— Kevin Powers

“An apple only falls far from its tree when carried away by divine winds.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It was a curious thing about the past--how it lay in wait for you, quietly, invisibly, almost as though it weren't there. You might…

— John Verdon

“As sure as peaches are poison.”

— Robert Jordan

“Lo, and I have discovered how soft bloom turns to green fruit, which turns to sweet fruit. Lo, and I have discovered all winds…

— Mary Oliver