Trees Grew Quote by Amber Kizer

“Some of the trees hung their branches down almost as far as the surface, as if they were trying to stroke it with long…

— Sophie Cleverly

“Her limbs shrivelled and brittle, her skin wrinkled like a dry peach, her mind like a sponge squeezed out, with trickles of memories now…

— John Simmons

“The world is so overgrown that it can't lift its own fingers, and I was planning to be such an important finger-”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“If a tree has strong roots, not even the strongest hands can pluck it from where it stands.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“She had been on the surface of the leaf, the leaf like a page, and the page that of a book; then by the…

— Andrew Zurcher

“those roots were made for walking. And that’s not all they do.”

— Christopher L. Bennett

“Wood burns. Roots nourish. Branches shelter. Leaves heal.” The words had become her mantra, her way of reigniting her courage when it started to…

— Teresa Tsalaky

“Some families have secrets buried so deep, they're the only thing holding the roots in the ground. You dig up those secrets, you loosen…

— Ni'chelle Genovese

“The trees' bare bony fingers point crookedly towards Heaven or Hell or worse than that, towards nowhere.”

— Stephanie Hemphill

“They found a thick tree that had fallen, the tangled roots exposed. They saw the drenched ground that had given way. The tree seemed…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“The trees' bony fingers make spell-casting gestures in the wind as they pass.”

— David Foster Wallace

“The goodness of the world grew like moss in cracks, she thought. It grew, somehow, with hidden roots, nourished by something unseen.”

— K.J. Bishop