Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~ Albert Camus
Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams. ~ Gilbert White
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. ~ Langston Hughes
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy. ~ Roger Tory Peterson
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? ~ Rose Kennedy
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. ~ Toni Morrison
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~ Anais Nin
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. ~ Thomas Moore
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. ~ William Shakespeare
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. ~ Woody Allen
