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“Waves, sky, trees, Essrog - I was off the page now, away from the grammar of skyscrapers and pavement.”

Tree Sky Pages Wave Grammar Pavement Skyscraper

Book:Motherless Brooklyn

Source: Motherless Brooklyn

“We have gained reality and lost dream. No more lounging under a tree and peering at the sky between one's big and second toes; there's work to be done. To be efficient, one cannot be hungry and dreamy but must eat steak and keep moving.”

Done Dream Bigs Reality Moving Lost Tree Sky Hungry Efficient Toes Keep Moving Steak Dreamy Work To Be Done Lounging Lost Dreams

Book:the Man Without Qualities

Source: the Man Without Qualities

“If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.”

Ifs Space Views Tree Sky Prove Ancient Forests Spots Height Branches Midst Shade Thick Veils Exceptional Deities Unbroken Grove Seclusion Open Spaces Ancient Trees

Author:Seneca the Younger

“The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the trees are not evil. All these are good; it is evil men who make this evil world.”

Men World Earth Evil Water Tree Sky Bird Environmental Fishes Evil Man Evil World

Author:Saint Augustine

“Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky.”

Care Grows Taken Tree Sky

Book:The Auto-biography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry, from My Own Life

Source: The Auto-biography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry, from My Own Life

“You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different.”

People Knows Writing Looks Different Tree Sky Streets Granted Beach Shops Oaks Oak Tree

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go to hear the wind and little else, see the stars and the galaxies, smell the pine trees, feel the cold water, touch the sky and the ground at the same time, listen to coyotes, eat the fresh snow, walk across the desert sands, and realize why its good to go outside of the city and the suburbs. Fortunately, there is wilderness just outside the limits of the cities and the suburbs in most of the United States, especially in the West.”

“Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever but I ask you please Don't fence me in”

Giving Country Asks Forever Tree Sky Land Please Let Me Give Me Wide Fence Breeze Starry Sky

Author:Cole Porter

“How can we hope, after all, to see a tree or rock or clear north sky if we do not adopt a little of their mode of life, a little of their time? if the time it takes to cross space is a way by which we define it, then to arrive at a view of space “in no time” is to have denied its reality”

Ifs Way Littles Reality Space Views Clear Tree Sky Rocks Crosses Photographer Denied

Book:Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews

Source: Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews

“Sometimes I get lonesome for a storm. A full blown storm where everything changes. The sky goes through four days in an hour, the trees wail, little animals skitter in the mud and everything gets dark and goes completely wild. But it is really God - playing music in his favourite cathedral in heaven - shattering stained glass - playing a gigantic organ - thundering on the keys - perfect harmony - perfect joy.”

Source: DAYBREAK

“Beautiful isles! beneath the sunset skies tall, silver-shafted palm-trees rise, between full orange-trees that shade the living colonade.”

Beautiful Tree Sky Sunset Silver Tall Shade Orange Palms Isle Palm Trees Orange Trees

Author:William C. Bryant

“The religion of our fathers overhung us children like the shadow of a mighty tree against the trunk of which we rested, while we looked up in wonder through the great boughs that half hid and half revealed the sky. Some of the boughs were already decaying, so that perhaps we began to see a little more of the sky than our elders; but the tree was sound at its heart.”

Heart Children Littles Religion Father Sound Half Wonder Tree Sky Shadow Elders Our Father Trunks

Author:Lucy Larcom

“For it is only framed in space that beauty blooms. Only in space are events and objects and people unique and significant-and therefore beautiful. A tree has significance if one sees it against the empty face of sky. A note in music gains significance from the silences on either side. A candle flowers in the space of night. Even small and casual things take on significance if they are washed in space, like a few autumn grasses in one corner of an Oriental painting, the rest of the page bare.”

“When one does look up at the grand trees growing up almost to the sky, one does always have longings to pray.”

Looks Doe Growing Up Growing Tree Sky Praying Longing Look Up

Author:Opal Whiteley

“Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht in den Himmel wachsen.]”

Care Dies Grows Taken Tree Sky Dens

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I have a firm belief in such things as, you know, the water, the Earth, the trees and sky. And I'm wondering, it is increasingly difficult to find those elements in nature, because it's nature I believe in rather than some spiritual thing.”

Knows Believe Earth Spiritual Belief I Believe Difficult Water Wonder Tree Sky Elements I Believe In Firm Firm Beliefs

Author:Bill Blass

“Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.”

Mean Success Spirit Tree Sky Higher

Book:The poetical works of George Herbert

Source: The poetical works of George Herbert

“There was a frosty rime upon the trees, which, in the faint light of the clouded moon, hung upon the smaller branches like dead garlands. Withered leaves crackled and snapped beneath his feet, as he crept softly on towards the house. The desolation of a winter night sat brooding on the earth, and in the sky. But, the red light came cheerily towards him from the windows; figures passed and repassed there; and the hum and murmur of voices greeted his ear sweetly.”

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“He lowered the window, and looked out at the rising sun. There was a ridge of ploughed land, with a plough upon it where it had been left last night when the horses were unyoked; beyond, a quiet coppice-wood, in which many leaves of burning red and golden yellow still remained upon the trees. Though the earth was cold and wet, the sky was clear, and the sun rose bright, placid, and beautiful.”

Source: THE GREATEST DICKENS CLASSICS (Illustrated Edition): Oliver Twist, The Pickwick Papers, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Hard Times, David Copperfield, A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, Little Dorrit, Our Mutual Friend, The Life of Dickens

“But, for all that, they had a very pleasant walk. The trees were bare of leaves, and the river was bare of water-lilies; but the sky was not bare of its beautiful blue, and the water reflected it, and a delicious wind ran with the stream, touching the surface crisply.”

Beautiful Water Nature Walks Tree Sky Wind Rivers Blue Surface Ran Streams Pleasant Touching Delicious Lilies Water Lily

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

“There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it makes a tree which struggles to reach the sky.”

People Matter Fall Heaven Grows Struggle Tree Sky Seeds Brooklyn

Author:Betty Smith

“Franz Kafka is dead. He died in a tree from which he wouldn't come down. "Come down!" they cried to him. "Come down! Come down!" Silence filled the night, and the night filled the silence, while they waited for Kafka to speak. "I can't," he finally said, with a note of wistfulness. "Why?" they cried. Stars spilled across the black sky. "Because then you'll stop asking for me."”

Said I Can Night Speak Stars Black Silence Tree Sky Died Asking Filled Notes Cried History Of Love Wistfulness

Book:The History of Love: A Novel

Source: The History of Love: A Novel

“There's nothing that builds up a toil-weary soul Like a day on a stream, Back on the banks of the old fishing hole Where a fellow can dream. There's nothing so good for a man as to flee From the city and lie Full length in the shade of a whispering tree And gaze at the sky. . . . . It is good for the world that men hunger to go To the banks of a stream, And weary of sham and of pomp and of show They have somewhere to dream. For this life would be dreary and sordid and base Did they not now and then Seek refreshment and calm in God's wide, open space And come back to be men.”

“Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!”

Tree Sky Roots Charity Branches Beneficence

Book:Gulistan or Rose Garden

Source: Gulistan or Rose Garden

“In the early days it was fun to fly. You could soar over rooftops and trees, or drop down to meet a passing train and wave at the engineer. The whole sky belonged to you. now there are so many regulations. The sky is crowded. All the fun is gone.”

Whole Fun Gone Tree Sky Train Wave Passing Passings Flight Aviation Regulation Engineers Soar Crowded Rooftops

Author:Katherine Stinson

“When I was four, I was a kind of sky worshipper. I would look at the sky, and I wanted to evaporate into the sky - I loved the sky. I loved looking at the trees, just because they touched the sky.”

Looks Kind Wanted Four Tree Sky Touched Worshippers

Author:Laurie Anderson

“I'm an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.”

Love Long Walks Tree Sky Dog Flower Introvert My Dog Introverted Long Walks Starry Sky Dark Sky Plastic Flowers Morning Sky

Author:Audrey Hepburn

“Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky, How beautiful it is? All its branches are outlined, and in its nakedness There is a poem, there is a song. Every leaf is gone and it is waiting for the spring. When the spring comes, it again fills the tree with The music of many leaves, Which in due season fall and are blown away. And this is the way of life.”

Way Beautiful Time Song Fall Waiting Gone Tree Sky Spring Standing Seasons Winter Dues Naked Branches Leafs January Life Time Blown Away Fall Season

Book:This Matter of Culture

Source: This Matter of Culture

“Speak not, move not, but listen, the sky is full of gold. No ripple on the river, no stir in field or fold, All gleams but naught doth glisten, but the far-off unseen sea. Forget days past, heart broken, put all memory by! No grief on the green hillside, no pity in the sky, Joy that may not be spoken fills mead and flower and tree.”

Heart May Past Moving Joy Speak Memories Forget Grief Tree Sea Sky Fields Flower Broken Rivers Gold Green Pity Unseen Folds Ripple Gleam Heart Broke Mead Glisten

Author:William Morris

“I didn't jump a lot of trees because I didn't like heights. I liked getting a mirror and walking around with it facing the sky. I'd imagine I was walking in the tops of the trees and falling into the sky, or walking up the stairs whilst going down.”

Fall Imagine Tree Sky Walking Mirrors Height Stairs

Author:Beth Orton

“I'm kind of a walking photographer, i love exploring new places. One day I was taking a break during an excursion in the Broceliande forest, looking for the best place to settle, when I discovered a small clearing with a tree without leaves. I stayed for hours looking around, taking some pictures and I found Le Coq lying down under the tree. The tree's branches were rising as if to touch the sky.”

Ifs Love Kind Lying Found Hours Break Tree Sky Walking One Day Photographer Forests Settling Rising Branches Exploring Clearing Best Place New Places Excursions Lying Down Taking A Break

Author:Jacques Lecoq

“No lake is beautiful without the sky, without the mist or without the trees and the autumn leaves! No beauty is beautiful in itself!”

Beautiful Tree Sky Lakes Autumn Mist Autumn Leaves

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“History's political and economic power structures have always abhorred 'idle people' as potential troublemakers. Yet nature never abhors seemingly idle trees, grass, snails, coral reefs, and clouds in the sky.”

People Political Tree Sky Economic Structure Clouds Grass Idle Snail Reefs Economic Power Troublemaker Coral Reefs

Book:Critical Path

Source: Critical Path

“Chaung Tzu was one of the most natural men the world has seen. He has not given any discipline, he has not given any doctrine, he has not given any catechism. He has simply explained one thing: that if you can be natural and ordinary, just like the birds and trees, you will blossom, you will have your wings open in the vast sky.”

Ifs Men World Given Natural One Thing Tree Sky Discipline Bird Ordinary Wings Doctrine Catechism

Author:Rajneesh

“Feel the love of God; then in every person you will see the face of the Father, the light of love which is in all. You will find a magic, living relationship uniting the trees, the sky, the stars, all people, and all living things; and you will feel a oneness with them. This is the code of divine love.”

People Feels Persons Light Faces Father Stars Magic Tree Sky Divine Oneness Code God Love Divine Love Living Things Uniting Light Of Love

Author:Paramahansa Yogananda

“The capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness. If you do, you will fall into a neutral kind of emptiness. Emptiness includes the sun, moon, stars, and planets, the great earth, mountains and rivers, all trees and grasses, bad people and good people, bad things and good things, heaven and hell; they are all in the midst of emptiness. The emptiness of human nature is also like this.”

Source: The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

“My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom and dad.”

Found Tree Sky Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Passed Away Mom And Dad Dad Passed Away

Author:Neil Young

“My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.”

Bigs Eye Sun Tree Sky Rain Window Blue Shining Blank Blue Eyes

Author:Al Jarreau

“You see the Earth as a bright blue and white Christmas tree ornament in the black sky. It's so small and so fragile - you realize that on that small spot is everything that means everything to you; all of history and art and death and birth and love.”

Mean Art Earth Black Realizing White Tree Sky Birth And Love Blue Spots Fragile Ornaments Christmas Tree White Christmas Blue And White History And Art

Author:Rusty Schweickart

“I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from the adoption of "New Era" philosophy where trees really do grow to the sky.”

Philosophy Faces Grows Loss Tree Sky Consequence Errors Eras Permanent Adoption Penalties Conservatism New Era

Author:Warren Buffett

“How torturous is the "churchly" language one must speak in church - the tone, style, habit. It is all artificial; there is a total absence of a simple human language. With what a sigh of relief one leaves this world of cassocks, and kissing and church gossip. As soon as one leaves, one sees: wet bare branches, fog which floats over fields, trees, homes. Sky. Early dusk. And it all tells an incredibly simple truth.”

“I hit my knees every morning and every night to give thanks for being alive and all the blessings I have. And in the middle of chaos, it's been suggested to me to stop and truly look around, notice the sky, the trees, the grass, and realize you're part of it all, which is hard when you really want to focus on what you think is bothering you. However, one of the smartest things I do is check in with my awesome wife, who is really good at screwing my head back on when needed.”

Thinking Want Giving Looks Hard Night Realizing Morning Focus Alive Wife Tree Sky Middle Needed Blessing Chaos Checks Thanks Bother Grass Knees Every Night Every Morning Bothering You

Author:Patrick Fabian

“California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity - when people think of California they think of palm trees and blue skies and gorgeous sunsets and beaches and everything else.”

People Thinking Ideas Seems Opportunity Tree Sky Concepts Optimism Blue Endless Beach California Sunset Palms Gorgeous Blue Sky Palm Trees Endless Opportunities

Author:Mark Hoppus

“Even though it was January, in Los Angeles it was beautiful and sunny and the blue skies were out and it was hot everyday, so I think it was just a product of our environment. And California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity - when people think of California they think of palm trees and blue skies and gorgeous sunsets and beaches and everything else. But there's also this weirdness to California, this darkness, it's a place where people come to follow their dreams and sometimes don't make it.”

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”

“By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.”

World Feels Whole Seems Spirituality Reading Music Fire Tree Feet Sky Pure Glory Blue Green Deeper Scripture Whole World Glory Of God Reading The Scriptures

Author:Thomas Merton

“When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the energy inside your body, look around at the sky, the trees. The mind might tell you, 'I don't have time.' But that's the mind talking to you. Even the busiest person has time for 30 seconds of space.”

Feels Mind Looks Persons Body Might Energy Space Half Talking Doors Tree Sky Minutes Car Breathe Your Body Seconds

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“Thin clouds form, and the shadows lengthen out. They have no breadth, as summer shadows have; there are no leaves on the trees or fat clouds in the sky to make them thick. They are gaunt, mean shadows that bite the ground like teeth. As the sun nears the horizon, its benevolent yellow begins to deepen, to become infected, until it glares an angry inflamed orange. It throws a variegated glow over the horizon.”

Mean Form Sun Tree Sky Summer Shadow Angry Clouds Teeth Fats Horizon Bites Yellow Thick Orange Benevolent Breadth Glare

Book:Salem's Lot

Source: Salem's Lot

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.”

Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam

“A kiss about apple pie a la mode with the vanilla creaminess melting in the pie heat. A kiss about chocolate, when you haven't eaten chocolate in a year. A kiss about palm trees speeding by, trailing pink clouds when you drive down the Strip sizzling with champagne. A kiss about spotlights fanning the sky and the swollen sea spilling like tears all over your legs.”

Years Tree Sea Sky Havens Tears Kissing Clouds Legs Heat Apples Chocolate Pie Palms Melting Champagne Spotlight Vanilla Speeding Swollen Spilling Palm Trees Apple Pie Sizzling

Book:Weetzie Bat

Source: Weetzie Bat