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Nature Quotes
"Nature does not ask your permission, she has nothing to do with your wishes, and whether you like her laws or dislike them, you are bound to accept her as she is, and consequently all her conclusions."
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"There were crimson roses on the bench, they looked like splashes of blood."
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"A small tree with large roots will last longer than a large tree with small roots."
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"The feeling of the wind, the sound of rushing water, the sense of sunlight breaking through the clouds, the colors of flowers as the seasons changed - everything around him felt changed, as if they had all been recast."
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"Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies."
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"A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of them made a chittering sound that wasn't very melodic. The other twitched its tail and splashed a little water our way, all in good fun. They weren't the attractive Flipper kind of dolphins. They were regular dolphins that aren't as pretty and don't get cast on television. Maybe they just refused to sell out and see a plastic surgeon. I held up a fist to them. Represent."
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"Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another."
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"Creativity is nature. Nature is creativity."
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"Flowers are the beautiful hairs of the Mother Spring! Don't pluck them!"
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"All seasons are spectacular."
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"Listen to what the sky is telling you."
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"Ran out of things to say, metaphors for you. Why the ocean's clear instead of blue, why mountains in the distance had reminded me of you."
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"Between the dark, heavily laden treetops of the spreading chestnut trees could be seen the dark blue of the sky, full of stars, all solemn and golden, which extended their radiance unconcernedly into the distance. That was the nature of the stars. and the trees bore their buds and blossoms and scars for everyone to see, and whether it signified pleasure or pain, they accepted the strong will to live. flies that lived only for a day swarmed toward their death. every life had its radiance and beauty. i had insight into it all for a moment, understood it and found it good, and also found my life and sorrows good."
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"An island, on the other hand, is small. There are fewer species, and the competition for survival has never reached anything like the pitch that it does on the mainland. Species are only as tough as they need to be, life is much quieter and more settled [..] So you can imagine what happens when a mainland species gets introduced to an island. It would be like introducing Al Capone, Genghis Khan and Rupert Murdoch into the Isle of Wight - the locals wouldn't stand a chance."
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"Shadows are in reality when the sun is shining the most conspicuous thing in a landscape next to the highest lights."
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"Anne reveled in the world of color about her."Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill--several thrills?"
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"A starry night moon looks at you with admiration because in her eyes you are a star."
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"Mother Nature offers her nurturing essence to us all freely with no expectation of reciprocation."
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"Across the snowy field the barn light gleams - it's the loneliness of November twilight..."
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"You are part of nature, and its pulse beats in your veins."
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"Our Father who art in nature, who has given the gift of survival to the coyote, the common brown rat, the English sparrow, the house fly and the moth, must have a great and overwhelming love for no-goods and blots-on-the-town and bums, and Mack and the boys. Virtues and graces and laziness and zest. Our Father who art in nature."
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"You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else."
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"He that plants trees loves others besides himself."
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"I love to watch the fine mist of the night come on, The windows and the stars illumined, one by one, The rivers of dark smoke pour upward lazily, And the moon rise and turn them silver. I shall see The springs, the summers, and the autumns slowly pass; And when old Winter puts his blank face to the glass, I shall close all my shutters, pull the curtains tight, And build me stately palaces by candlelight."
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"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
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