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title: "6 Want Tree Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orhan-pamuk/i-don-t-want-to-be-a-tree-i-want-to-be-its-meaning/)

[Orhan Pamuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orhan-pamuk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/179/orhan-pamuk-500_meaning_i-don-t-want-to-be-a-tree-i-want-to-be-i_28390.jpg)

> [I want a tree house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-green/i-want-a-tree-house/)

[A. J. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/a-j-green-6236_home_i-want-a-tree-house-288991_288991.png)

> [“Give me all of you!!! I don’t want so much of your time, so much of your talents and money, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/give-me-all-of-you-i-don-t-want-so-much-of-your-time-so-much-of-your/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/c-s-lewis-121_money_give-me-all-of-you-i-don-t-want-so-much_970500.jpg)

> [If you want your tree to produce plenty o' fruit, you've got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/if-you-want-your-tree-to-produce-plenty-o-fruit-you-ve-got-to-cut-it/)

[Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/tom-robbins-169_brain_if-you-want-your-tree-to-produce-plenty_1460707.jpg)

> [“Place" On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree what for not the fruit the tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-merwin-2/place-on-the-last-day-of-the-world-i-would-want-to-plant-a-tree-what/)

[W.S. Merwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-merwin-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/w-s-merwin-2-23725_first-time_place-on-the-last-day-of-the-world-i-wou_1474285.jpg)

> [“I think I’d want to be a tree,” I told him, finally. “A tree? Why’s that?” “Because. Everyone loves a tree.” “Ah.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-delucy/i-think-i-d-want-to-be-a-tree-i-told-him-finally-a-tree-why-s-that/)

[Jennifer DeLucy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-delucy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/jennifer-delucy-10678_trees_i-think-i-d-want-to-be-a-tree-i-told-him_1520887.jpg)

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