Nature writing · Skopia

Quotes

12

Over all, rocks, wood, and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its inmost depths.

Essay on American Scenery · 1836

★ 5.2

Nature writing · Autobiography and memoir

The world today is sick to its thin blood for lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water welling from the earth, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot.

1928

★ 5.0

Essay · Nature writing

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

A Sand County Almanac · 1949

★ 4.4

Essay · Magazine · Nature writing

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

1898

★ 3.5

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Books

11

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

1976★ 6.9

Desert Solitaire

1968★ 6.9

The Living Mountain

1977★ 6.9

Coming into the Country

1977★ 6.5

Young Men and Fire

1992★ 6.4

A Sand County Almanac

1949★ 6.1

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