He who hopes for spring with upturned eye never sees so small a thing as Draba. He who despairs of spring with downcast eye steps on it, unknowingly. He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance.

April: Draba, p. 26. - A Sand County Almanac, 1949 - "April: Come High Water," "April: Draba," "April: Bur Oak," & "April:Sky Dance"