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title: "4 Gnarled Tree Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/an-ancient-gnarled-tree-too-fibrous-for-a-logger-s-saw-too-twisted-to/)

[Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/ming-dao-deng-15068_ancient_an-ancient-gnarled-tree-too-fibrous-for_177077.png)

> [Voices in the forest tell of dark and twisted enchantments - as dark and twisted as the roots and grasping branches of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-froud/voices-in-the-forest-tell-of-dark-and-twisted-enchantments-as-dark/)

[Brian Froud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-froud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/brian-froud-17545_branches_voices-in-the-forest-tell-of-dark-and-tw_2051397.jpg)

> [Every craggy and gnarled tree has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/every-craggy-and-gnarled-tree-has-its-own-strange-and-graceful-legend/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/douglas-hyde-45686_flower_every-craggy-and-gnarled-tree-has-its-ow_2166224.png)

> [Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/every-crag-and-gnarled-tree-and-lonely-valley-has-its-own-strange-and/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/douglas-hyde-45686_attached_every-crag-and-gnarled-tree-and-lonely-v_2886690.jpg)

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