--- title: "8 Dead Branches Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Dead Branches quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Dead Branches sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dac/holly-goldberg-sloan-12096_fire_i-have-seen-trees-that-survive-fire-thei_216663.png" --- > [“I have seen trees that survive fire. Their bark is burned and their limbs are dead branches. But hidden under that skeleton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-goldberg-sloan/i-have-seen-trees-that-survive-fire-their-bark-is-burned-and-their/) [Holly Goldberg Sloan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dac/holly-goldberg-sloan-12096_fire_i-have-seen-trees-that-survive-fire-thei_216663.png) > [Sometimes we just have to cut off the dead branches in our life. Sometimes that's the only way we can keep the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-williams/sometimes-we-just-have-to-cut-off-the-dead-branches-in-our-life/) [Nicole Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/nicole-williams-845_alive_sometimes-we-just-have-to-cut-off-the-de_718352.png) > [If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/if-you-look-closely-at-a-tree-you-ll-notice-it-s-knots-and-dead/) [Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/matthew-fox-4448_beauty_if-you-look-closely-at-a-tree-you-ll-not_865274.png) > [The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alma-gluck/the-sincerity-of-the-art-worker-must-permeate-the-song-as-naturally/) [Alma Gluck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alma-gluck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/alma-gluck-34395_art_the-sincerity-of-the-art-worker-must-per_1748841.png) > [Futures not achieved are only branches of the past: dead branches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/futures-not-achieved-are-only-branches-of-the-past-dead-branches/) [Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/italo-calvino-402_branches_futures-not-achieved-are-only-branches-o_1899215.jpg) > [“We become like dead branches and last year's leaves and what the hell good are we for ourselves and the world in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chaim-potok/we-become-like-dead-branches-and-last-year-s-leaves-and-what-the-hell/) [Chaim Potok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chaim-potok/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/chaim-potok-2254_ghetto_we-become-like-dead-branches-and-last-ye_2500877.png) > [Burning the small dead branches broke from beneath thick spreading whitebark pine. A hundred summers snowmelt rock and air hiss in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-snyder/burning-the-small-dead-branches-broke-from-beneath-thick-spreading/) [Gary Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1c/gary-snyder-4502_air_burning-the-small-dead-branches-broke-fr_2909696.jpg) > [“leaves were like lace, criss-crossing blackly over tangles of dead branches. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-millwood-hargrave/leaves-were-like-lace-criss-crossing-blackly-over-tangles-of-dead/) [Kiran Millwood Hargrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-millwood-hargrave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/kiran-millwood-hargrave-69233_leaves-like_leaves-were-like-lace-criss-crossing-bla_3184365.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead-branches/#itemlist", "name": "Dead Branches Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I have seen trees that survive fire. Their bark is burned and their limbs are dead branches. 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