Family Quote by Anne Michaels

“Sometimes something comes along and tears your roots right out the ground, and that’s when you know you been planted too long.”

— Sheri Reynolds

“My roots are firmly planted in the glory of nature. The soil beneath my feet heartens each step.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“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

“I think we are all about to become rootless. It may be time. The soil has become poisonous.”

— Stan Goff

“Nor do I try to keep a garden, only An avocado in a glass of water -- Roots pallid, gemmed with air. And later,…

— James Merrill

“I feel like a tree exposed to the elements, my roots clinging to the soil, my branches flirting with heaven.”

— Leylah Attar

“What long-dead face makes here the grass so green? On what earth-buried bosom do we lean? Ah! love, when we in turn are grass…

— Richard Le Gallienne

“In vain we look for a single vigorously developed root, for a spot of fertile and healthy soil: everywhere there is dust and sand;…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“No matter how much we love them, we all grow up surrounded by our parents’ shit. You’ll either be buried in it and suffocate,…

— J. Kenner

“I plant a little notion of kindness so that at least it's there, this seedling buried inside them. Will it take root? Will it…

— R.J. Palacio

“And so the one in our garden continued its growth peacefully, as did thousands like it in neglected spots all over the world. It…

— John Wyndham

“I opened a wound in the earth to tuck you away and as the soil filled around you covering the last of my dreams…

— Tyler Kent White