Oak Orchard River

Famous quotes containing the words oak, orchard and/or river:

    “The leaves are all dead on the ground,
    Save those that the oak is keeping”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “... transform
    into our flesh our
    deaths, crossing the street, plum, quince,
    living in the orchard and being
    hungry, and plucking
    the fruit.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)