~NATURE~

"Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decypher even fragments of their meaning." ~Lydia M. Child

"But in the midst of nature where a person, free from life's ofthen suffocating air, breathes more freely, here the soul opens willingly to every noble impression. Here a human being steps forth as nature's master, but he also feels that in nature something higher is manifested, something he must bow down before. He feels a need to surrender to this power that rules all." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"Greetings to you, mighty nature, with your fugitive beauty. It is not you I want, it is the memory of you." ~Soren Kierkegaard

"To me, the sea is like a person--like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there." ~Gertrude Ederle

"My heart leaps up when I behold
  A rainbow in the sky:
  So was it when my life began;
  So is it now I am a man;
  So be it when I shall grow old,
  Or let me die!" ~William Woodsworth

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not." ~Georgia O'Keefe

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day." ~Vincent Van Gogh