Ripeness Quotes

“The ripe apple falls, it doesn't know what else to do.”

“There is a time in the last few days of summer when the ripeness of autumn fills the air.”

“Men must endure their going hence even as their coming hither ripeness is all.”

“Americans bred like rabbits, expecting the reaper to slaughter at least a few before they reached ripeness.”

“There was a hint of spring in her sole green eyes, something summery in her complexion, and a rich autumn ripeness in her walk.”

“One should continue (of course with dignity) to develop, however old one may be. She had nothing against developing, against further ripeness, because as long as one was alive one was not dead -obviously, decided Mrs. Fisher, and development, change, ripening, were life.”

“No person is just one person. Everyone is a crate of fruits, a crate of mixed fruits. The apple in there may have worms, a peach may be mildewed, a banana may be too green, a pear may be in perfect ripeness, and a melon may have the sweetest smell.”

“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind and are scattered.”

“Watch a French housewife as she makes her way slowly along the loaded stalls… searching for the peak of ripeness and flavor… What you are seeing is a true artist at work, patiently assembling all the materials of her craft, just as the painter squeezes oil colors onto his palette ready to create a masterpiece.”