Brooklyn Quote by Betty Smith

There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it makes a…

— Betty Smith

NO tree it is said can grow to heaven unless its root reach down to hell

— Anonymous

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.

— Carl Jung

“The tree doesn’t move and yet its reach stretches all across the globe. The tree stands at one place but its seeds travel far…

— Sanchita Pandey

“When it first appeared, in 1943, it was called, by those critics who liked it, an honest book, and that is accurate as far…

— Betty Smith

Y is for YGGDRASIL. The legendary Nordic ash tree with its three roots extending into the lands of mortals, giants, and Niflheim, the land…

— Harlan Ellison

The tree that would grow to heaven must send its roots to hell.

— Anonymous

“In New York, when a tree dies, nobody mourns that it was cut down in its prime. Nobody counts the rings, notifies the loved…

— Sarah Kay

It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into…

— Simone Weil

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow,…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I am climbing to the top Of the tallest darkest tree I need to know Where heaven stops What lies Beyond the dream

— Traci Lords

The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies.

— Bob Dylan