Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Quotes: Nature (4)


Nature 73 "The idea that song must have meaning and beauty a purpose doesn’t wear well out in the open, especially in spring." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. Does everything in nature have a purpose?


Nature 73 "Life, we say, came out of the ancient seas, and it can survive only as long as it maintains a minor sea within itself." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. The importance of water to life.


Nature 92 "There are the complexities of catkin and raceme, of pollen and petal, of stem and spreading leaf, all packed within the waiting bud that is smaller than a baby’s fingertip." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. The complexity of the bud.


Nature 96 April. "Few things in this world are newer, and look newer, than the tiny leaves as they start unfolding from the buds." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year


Nature 106 "The trees and the grass not only cool and help clarify the air we breathe but constantly restore oxygen to that air." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. The importance of trees and grass to life.

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