leaves.

'the one had leaves of dark green that beneath were as shining silver, & from each of his countless flowers a dew of silver light was ever falling, & the earth beneath was dappled with the shadows of his fluttering leaves'

~JRR Tolkien

'do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is good & strong, & try to imitate it. your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes'

~John Ruskin

'I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street & run against the wind'

~Leo Buscaglia

It was the noise

Of ancient trees falling while all was still

Before the storm, in the long in

Between the gathering clouds, & that light breeze

Which Germans call the Wind's bride

~charles godfrey leland

And fresh from the clear brook; sweetly they slept

On the blue fields of heaven, & then there crept

A little noiseless noise among the leaves,

Born of the very sigh that silence heaves:

For not the faintest motion could be seen

Of all the shades that slanted o'er the green.

~John Keats

Coldly, sadly descends

The autumn evening. The field

Strewn with its dank yellow drifts

Of wither'd leaves, & the elms,

Fade into dimness apace,

Silent; hardly a shout

From a few boys late at their play!

~matthew arnold