Quotes about Mesquite Trees
[A] mesquite, that strange desert tree that gives shade, shelter, firewood, flour, sugar and horse-feed to the desert aborigine… ~George Wharton James, Arizona, the Wonderland, 1917 Cactus, …
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Quotes about the Smell of Rain
Welcome to my page of quotations about petrichor, or the awesome smells before, after, and while it’s raining — that distinctive, earthy aroma. We especially get these …
Cactus Quotes
No rose on thorned stem Pricks my heart as does the cactus Flowered in spring or gaunt in December. I remember. ~Muriel M. Alcott, “I Would Return,” …
Quotes about Saguaro Cactus
The saguaro is Arizona. ~Herb & Dorothy McLaughlin, c. 1973 Along the mountain ridges, Across the desert floor; Arms like verdant armor, …
Arizona Quotes: Cactus
The Arizona desert to us is starkly beautiful at all times, but when touched by the magic of spring it becomes a land of enchantment. The weirdly …
Arizona Quotes: Insects, Critters, & Animals
Many things bind Phoenicians together… Fearing insects, because even though we have fewer insects than other places, the insects we do have actively try to kill us… …
Quotes about the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is carven deep by the master hand; it is the gulf of silence, widened in the desert; it is all time inscribing the naked …
Wanderlust Quotes
Welcome to my page of quotations about wanderlust. The word actually has several meanings — a strong desire to explore the world, hiking, wanting to be close …
Poetry Quotes: Nature
Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of Nature. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 The secrets of Nature’s …
Which is the Poet’s Flower?
Next to the rose, whose divine right to monarchy cannot be questioned, the violet is the poet’s flower. ~Willis Boyd Allen, “The Violet Book,” 1909 The Sweet …