Leathery Leaves Quotes

#1. A single slim trunk
Branches that bow in a storm
Green, leathery leaves with a soft centre
Glittering against blue sky
White bark scarred, bleeding
Heart wide-open
Bandaged, but upright she stands... (225)

Fadia Faqir

#2. The monster towered ten or twelve feet tall. Its bright green leathery skin was covered in dirt,
moss, leaves, and patches of grass, the stench repulsive. His teeth gleamed brown. Evidently he
wasn't aware of the multitude of whitening products on the market.

A&E Kirk

#3. A mistake in drawing becomes difficult to detect when the eye is familiar with it.

Walter J. Phillips

#4. I don't know how long we stayed frozen in that moment, but it was a long time. Sometimes I think there are parts of us still there, forever staring into the emotional maelstrom of one another's eyes.

Tammy Blackwell

#5. The fact is television doesn't simply reflect society's values. In important ways, it also legitimizes them. And more and more in recent decades it has made even the most dubious "values" and behaviors seem normal and routine.

Bernard Goldberg

#6. Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.

George Washington

#7. It was astounding, Bobbie thought, how quickly humanity could go from What unimaginable intelligence fashioned these soul-wrenching wonders? to Well, since they're not here, can I have their stuff?

James S.A. Corey

#8. Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself.

Winston Churchill

#9. Smile, but not for long, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Patriarchy.

Nelly Kaplan