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    raspberry drupelets cluster around a cavern of emptiness
    (paraphrased from her talk on C Span's Book TV).

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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

by Jules Verne Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.rn

Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.rn

by Unknown Found in: Nature Quotes,
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We who revel in nature's diversity and feel instructed by every animal tend to brand Homo sapiens as the greatest read more

We who revel in nature's diversity and feel instructed by every animal tend to brand Homo sapiens as the greatest catastrophe since the Cretaceous extinction.

by Stephen Jay Gould Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

by Augustus Hare Found in: Nature Quotes,
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At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still
And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
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At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still
And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill
And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove.

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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

by E. F. Schumacher Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready read more

Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back.

by Gwyn Thomas Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The read more

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

by John Muir Found in: Nature Quotes,
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