Quotes About Nature

I called the lightning and it came.

A great spider of lightning crawled across the sky,

I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are," I said.

IT WAS ONE OF those perfect autumn days so common in stories and so rare in the real world. The

there are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man." The

natural leisure of movement. A cat does not think of stretching, it stretches. But a tree does not even do this. A tree simply sways without the effort of moving itself.

There was also a great rectangular stone lying on its side near the pool. A few days earlier I would have recognized it as a greystone. Now I saw it as an efficient windbreak, something to put my back against as I slept.

IT WAS ONE OF those perfect autumn days so common in stories and so rare in the real world.

but when I moved to kiss her she pushed me to arm´s length, snorting as if to clear her nose. She told me I reeked of iron and sent me into the forest telling me not to return until I got the bitter stink of it from my face

El otoño es el momento idóneo. En otoño todo está cansado y más dispuesto a morir.

Denna es una criatura salvaje—expliqué—. Como una cierva o una tormenta de verano. Si una tormenta derribara tu casa, o derribara un árbol, no dirías que la tormenta era mala. Era cruel. Actuó conforme a su naturaleza y, desgraciadamente, produjo daños. Con Denna pasa lo mismo.»

Nobles' sons are one of nature's great destructive forces, like floods or tornadoes. When you're struck with one of these catastrophes, the only thing an average man can do is grit his teeth and try to minimise the damage.

En otoño es el momento idóneo. En otoño todo está cansado y más dispuesto a morir.

En los meses de primavera todo está demasiado lleno de vida. En verano, está demasiado fuerte y no hay manera de soltarlo. El otoño... El otoño es el momento idóneo. En otoño todo está cansado y más dispuesto a morir.

It reminded me of the quiet that settles on the coldest days in winter when it hurts to breathe and everything is still.

She smelled like road dust, and honey, and the smell the air holds seconds before a heavy summer rain.

So God will tend the laurels and keep them wet. And I will tend the players and keep them dry. And wiser minds than mine will decide when to bring the two together.

Remember: there are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man." The sailor passed us and hit the

La margarita también es bonita —proseguí sin dejar que Denna me distrajera—. Alta y esbelta, y crece en los márgenes de los caminos. Una flor sencilla, no demasiado delicada. La margarita es independiente. Creo que te pega...

It had the look of an ambitious architectural breed of lichen that was trying to cover as many acres as it could.

But he did decide vegetatively, as a bean when once tossed aside must decide if it ought to germinate or had better let things be.

El olor de mar le gustaba tanto, que deseaba respirarlo puro algún día y en grandes cantidades, a fin de embriagarse de él.

Aveva un odore semplice, il mare, ma nello stesso tempo così vasto e unico nel suo genere, che Grenouille esitava a suddividerlo in odore di pesce, di sale, di acqua, di alga, di fresco e così via. Preferiva lasciare intatto l'odore del mare, lo custodiva intero nella memoria e lo godeva indiviso. L'odore del mare gli piaceva tanto che avrebbe desiderato una volta averlo puro, non mescolato e in quantità tale da potersene ubriacare.

Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.