“It seemed a strange thing to him, when earth was earth and rain was rain, that scrawny pines should grow in the scrub, while by every branch and lake and river there grew magnolias. Dogs were the same everywhere, and oxen and mules and horses. But trees were different in different places.” ShouldDifferentEarthGrowsTreeDogStrangeGrewRainRiversHorseBranchesLakesDifferent PlaceStrange ThingsMulesMagnoliasOxen Book:The Yearling Source: The Yearling
“The individual man is transitory, but the pulse of life and of growth goes on after he is gone, buried under a wreath of magnolia leaves.” MenIndividualGrowthGoneGoes OnBuriedPulseTransitoryWreathsMagnolias Book:Cross Creek Source: Cross Creek
“Somewhere beyond the sink-hole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever.” PastSidesBoysGoneForeverHolesRanOaksMagnolias Book:The Yearling Source: The Yearling
