California Black Oak

Famous quotes containing the words california, black and/or oak:

    But why go to California for a text? She is the child of New England, bred at her own school and church.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    It doesn’t matter whether a cat is black or white; as long at it can catch mice, it’s a good cat.
    Chinese proverb.

    When the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants.
    Herman Melville (1819–1891)