Ann Zwinger quotes

“When there is a river in your growing up, you probably always hear it”
-- Ann Zwinger

Source : Ann Zwinger (1975). “Run, River, Run: A Naturalist's Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the American West”, p.13, University of Arizona Press

#Growing Up Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Growing Quotes

“There will always be something new to discover: a minute moss never found before, a rabbit eating birdseed with the bores on a hungry November day, a bittern that stays only long enough to be remembered.”
-- Ann Zwinger

#Nature Quotes #Long Quotes #Moss Quotes

“Flies are the price we pay for summer.”
-- Ann Zwinger

Source : Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.213, Big Earth Publishing

#Summer Quotes #Pay Quotes #Insects Quotes

“I have walked this south stream when to believe in spring was an act of faith. It was spitting snow and blowing, and within two days of being May ... But as if to assert the triumph of climate over weather, one ancient willow managed a few gray ***** willows, soft and barely visible against the snow-blurred gray background.”
-- Ann Zwinger

Source : Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.92, Big Earth Publishing

#Spring Quotes #Believe Quotes #Weather Quotes

“A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it, but counts on alacrity to make up for lack of engineering expertise.”
-- Ann Zwinger

Source : Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.192, Big Earth Publishing

#Fall Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Engineering Quotes

“The life of the wood, meadow, and lake go on without us. Flowers bloom, set seed and die back; squirrels hide nuts in the fall and scold all year long; bobcats track the snowy lake in winter; deer browse the willow shoots in spring. Humans are but intruders who have presumed the right to be observers, and who, out of observation, find understanding.”
-- Ann Zwinger

Source : Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.9, Big Earth Publishing

#Nature Quotes #Spring Quotes #Flower Quotes

“Dryness promotes the formation of flower buds...flowering is, after all, not an aesthetic contribution, but a survival mechanism.”
-- Ann Zwinger

#Flower Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Survival Quotes

“No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.”

“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, “There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” But all the little streams higher up in the Forest went this way and that, quickly, eagerly, having so much to find out before it was too late.”

“Thanks be to God, not--only for 'rivers of endless joys above, but for 'rills of comfort here below.'”

Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.96

“But I do enjoy words—some words for their own sake! Words like river, and dawn, and daylight, and time. These words seem much richer than our experiences of the things they represent—”

“A river or stream is a cycle of energy from sun to plants to insects to fish. It is a continuum broken only by humans.”

“The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.”

“What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.”

“But time growing old teaches all things.”

“Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.”

Source : Alfred Thayer Mahan (1917). “The Interest of America in Sea Power: Present and Future”

“I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.”