--- title: "10 Trees Said Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Trees Said quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Trees Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/alice-walker-347_flower_when-the-ax-came-into-the-forest-the-tre_1164352.png" --- > [When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/when-the-ax-came-into-the-forest-the-trees-said-the-handle-is-one-of/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/alice-walker-347_flower_when-the-ax-came-into-the-forest-the-tre_1164352.png) > [“I just can't get the poetry of the trees," he said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/i-just-can-t-get-the-poetry-of-the-trees-he-said/) [Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/katherine-paterson-2365_poetry_i-just-can-t-get-the-poetry-of-the-trees_1070480.png) > [Trees there were, old as trees can be, huge and grasping with hearts black as sin. Strange trees that some said walked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/trees-there-were-old-as-trees-can-be-huge-and-grasping-with-hearts/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/neil-gaiman-29_black_trees-there-were-old-as-trees-can-be-hug_1732281.jpg) > [“If someone had told me, that day at the beach, that before long I'd find myself using my four teeth to scrape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemony-snicket/if-someone-had-told-me-that-day-at-the-beach-that-before-long-i-d/) [Lemony Snicket](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemony-snicket/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/lemony-snicket-663_quote_if-someone-had-told-me-that-day-at-the-b_1781677.jpg) > [“There's something solid and constant about trees." I said quietly. "They may change through the seasons, but they're always there. They're dependable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-donaldson/there-s-something-solid-and-constant-about-trees-i-said-quietly-they/) [Julianne Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-donaldson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/julianne-donaldson-10666_dependable_there-s-something-solid-and-constant-abo_640492.jpg) > [“When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amish-tripathi/when-the-axe-entered-the-forest-the-trees-said-to-each-other-do-not/) [Amish Tripathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amish-tripathi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/amish-tripathi-2348_trees_when-the-axe-entered-the-forest-the-tree_1061513.png) > [“My trees, they said, you can’t eat them apples. My stream, you can’t fish here. My wood, you’re not t’ hunt. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/my-trees-they-said-you-can-t-eat-them-apples-my-stream-you-can-t-fish/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/george-r-r-martin-48_apples_my-trees-they-said-you-can-t-eat-them-ap_363865.png) > [“Dictionopolis is the place where all the words in the world come from. They're grown right here in our orchards." "I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norton-juster/dictionopolis-is-the-place-where-all-the-words-in-the-world-come-from/) [Norton Juster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norton-juster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/norton-juster-2113_language_dictionopolis-is-the-place-where-all-the_612121.png) > [“Thea pointed off in the distance, across the water to the line of trees on the southern shore. “Look how small those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-reid/thea-pointed-off-in-the-distance-across-the-water-to-the-line-of/) [Cheryl Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/cheryl-reid-83411_trees_thea-pointed-off-in-the-distance-across_2881846.jpg) > [“He rubbed his thumb over the smoothness of her cheek, thinking she was the most beautiful woman he’d ever known. “You don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhyannon-byrd/he-rubbed-his-thumb-over-the-smoothness-of-her-cheek-thinking-she-was/) [Rhyannon Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhyannon-byrd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/rhyannon-byrd-35356_beautiful-woman_he-rubbed-his-thumb-over-the-smoothness_1200248.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trees-said/#itemlist", "name": "Trees Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/when-the-ax-came-into-the-forest-the-trees-said-the-handle-is-one-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/alice-walker-347_flower_when-the-ax-came-into-the-forest-the-tre_1164352.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/alice-walker-347_flower_when-the-ax-came-into-the-forest-the-tre_1164352.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/alice-walker-347_flower_when-the-ax-came-into-the-forest-the-tre_1164352.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.” — Alice Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I just can't get the poetry of the trees,\" he said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katherine Paterson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/i-just-can-t-get-the-poetry-of-the-trees-he-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/katherine-paterson-2365_poetry_i-just-can-t-get-the-poetry-of-the-trees_1070480.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/katherine-paterson-2365_poetry_i-just-can-t-get-the-poetry-of-the-trees_1070480.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/katherine-paterson-2365_poetry_i-just-can-t-get-the-poetry-of-the-trees_1070480.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just can't get the poetry of the trees,\" he said.” — Katherine Paterson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trees there were, old as trees can be, huge and grasping with hearts black as sin. 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