Jean Giraudoux

"The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life." - Jean Giraudoux

Joyce Carol Oates

"Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light." - Joyce Carol Oates

James Agee

"This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky." - James Agee

E. O. Wilson

"Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction." - E. O. Wilson

Heraclitus

"You cannot step into the same river twice." - Heraclitus

Saint Augustine

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature." - Saint Augustine

Matthew Arnold

"Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur." - Matthew Arnold