Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Flying

• Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Sky, Earth Day

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.217, Courier Corporation

• The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Niece, Animal, Sky

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.20, BookBaby

• I was awakened at midnight by some heavy, low-flying bird, probably a loon, flapping by close over my head, along the shore. So, turning the other side of my half-clad body to the fire, I sought slumber again.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Fire, Bird, Flying

  Henry David Thoreau (1873). “The Maine Woods”, p.230

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