Tara Westover Quotes

In our hearts those of us who know anything worth knowing know that in March a new year begins, and if we plan any new leaves, it will be when the rest of Nature is planning them too.

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Nature has different times.

Look abroad thro' Nature's range. Nature's mighty law is change.

The season when to come, and when to go, to sing, or cease to sing, we never know.

Nature's first green is gold.

Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of elms and maples in New England.

I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again.

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.

Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter.

The seasons come up undisturbed by crime and war.

October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.

Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.

I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too.

That's a lot of words about the weather, but in Canberra you can't help but be aware of the seasons, and there is something wonderful about that. Okay, so there's a distinct lack of beach, but aside from that, the place grows on you.

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

There are so many opportunities to see the sun go down in the evening and the sun come up in the morning. The colors change on the trees, on the snow. I'm surrounded by people who are friendly and helpful.

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

I'm attempting to broaden my novels' scope through landscape and weather, leaves falling off trees, overnight storms, timeless elements which, irrespective of human endeavour, have always been there and, as long as there is life and snow, will always be there.

The sun is new each day.

I love how close New York is to Europe; I love the seasons, and I don't think I could live without them. They're the way I track the passage of time.

Spring never is spring unless it comes too soon.