Hal Borland Quotes

Most popular Hal Borland Quotes

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
— Hal Borland Sundial of the Seasons
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
— Hal Borland

nature

A frontier is never a place; it is a time and a way of life. Frontiers pass, but they endure in their people.
— Hal Borland High, Wide and Lonesome
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
— Hal Borland Sundial of the Seasons

new year

Each new season grows from the leftovers from the past.  That is the essence of change, and change is the basic law.
— Hal Borland Sundial of the Seasons

change

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.
— Hal Borland

environment

A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire; but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.
— Hal Borland Sundial of the Seasons

trees

You fight dandelions all weekend, and late Monday afternoon there they are, pert as all get out, in full and gorgeous bloom, pretty as can be, thriving as only dandelions can in the face of adversity.
— Hal Borland

nature