In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation.
Edwin Way Teale Quotes
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.
Commonly we stride through the out-of-doors too swiftly to see more than the most obvious and prominent things. For observing nature, the best pace is a snail’s pace.
The city man, in his neon and mazda glare, knows nothing of nature’s midnight. His electric lamps surround him with synthetic sunshine. They push back the dark. They defend him from the realities of the age-old night.