A root, a stem, a leaf, some means of capturing sunlight and air and making food - in sum, a plant. The green substance of this earth, the chlorophyll, is all summed up in the plants. Without them we perish, all of us who are flesh and blood.
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. - Hal Borland
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
- Hal Borland
The hush comes with the deepening of Autumn; but it comes gradually. Our ears are attuned to it, day by quieter day. But even now, if one awakens in … - Hal Borland
The hush comes with the deepening of Autumn; but it comes gradually. Our ears are attuned to it, day by quieter day. But even now, if one awakens in …
A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination. - Hal Borland
A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.
October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. - Hal Borland
October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen.
All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole. - Hal Borland
All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.
The most unhappy thing about conservation is that it is never permanent. Save a priceless woodland or an irreplaceable mountain today, and tomorrow i… - Hal Borland
The most unhappy thing about conservation is that it is never permanent. Save a priceless woodland or an irreplaceable mountain today, and tomorrow i…
Each new season grows from the leftovers from the past. That is the essence of change, and change is the basic law. - Hal Borland
Each new season grows from the leftovers from the past. That is the essence of change, and change is the basic law.
Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years. - Hal Borland
Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will quickly … - Hal Borland
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will quickly …
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