--- title: "6 Say Trees Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Say Trees quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Say Trees sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/edward-p-jones-13439_every-night_she-went-through-her-memory-for-the-time_104359.jpg" --- > [“She went through her memory for the time, for the day, she and and her husband told him all about what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/she-went-through-her-memory-for-the-time-for-the-day-she-and-and-her/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/edward-p-jones-13439_every-night_she-went-through-her-memory-for-the-time_104359.jpg) > [“Why do people say trees are majestic?" --- "Because they've earned it. After a sapling's roots take hold, they spread out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-kennedy/why-do-people-say-trees-are-majestic-because-they-ve-earned-it-after/) [Holly Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/holly-kennedy-48636_swimming-pool_why-do-people-say-trees-are-majestic-bec_188561.jpg) > [“I thought all the trees were whispering to each other, passing news and plots along in an unintelligible language; and the branches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/i-thought-all-the-trees-were-whispering-to-each-other-passing-news/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/j-r-r-tolkien-204_j-r-r-tolkien_i-thought-all-the-trees-were-whispering_737546.jpg) > [Instead I will say, "Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/instead-i-will-say-take-me-to-your-trees-take-me-to-your-breakfasts/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/margaret-atwood-40_bad-dream_instead-i-will-say-take-me-to-your-trees_844711.jpg) > [“By now you must have guessed: I come from another planet. But I will never say to you, 'Take me to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/by-now-you-must-have-guessed-i-come-from-another-planet-but-i-will-2/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/margaret-atwood-40_bad-dream_by-now-you-must-have-guessed-i-come-from_1496521.jpg) > [“I point to the volcanic rock that forms the base of the forest floor, and say that if the trees can grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lotz/i-point-to-the-volcanic-rock-that-forms-the-base-of-the-forest-floor/) [Sarah Lotz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lotz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/sarah-lotz-86523_new-life_i-point-to-the-volcanic-rock-that-forms_2309042.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-trees/#itemlist", "name": "Say Trees Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She went through her memory for the time, for the day, she and and her husband told him all about what he should and should not do. No goin out into them woods without Papa or me knowin about it. No steppin foot out this house without them free papers, not even to go to the well or the privy. Say your prayers every night...Pick the blueberries close to the ground, son. Them the sweetest, I find. If a white man say the trees can talk, can dance, you just say yes right along, that you done seen em do it plenty of times. Don't look them people in the eye. You see a white woman riding toward you, get way off the road and go stand behind a tree. The uglier the white woman, the farther you go and the broader the tree. But where, in all she taught her son, was it about thou shall own no one, havin been owned once your own self. Don't go back to Egypt after God done took you outa there.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward P. 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