Tree Quotes

4223 quotes by 2276 authors

Accept the children the way we accept treesâ€”with gratitude, because they are a blessingâ€”but do not have expectations or desires. You donâ€™t expect trees to… — Isabel Allende
Goblins burrowed in the earth, elves sang songs in the trees: Those were the obvious wonders of reading, but behind them lay the fundamental marvel… — Francis Spufford
Danse Russe If I when my wife is sleeping and the baby and Kathleen are sleeping and the sun is a flame-white disc in silken… — William Carlos Williams
The yard was full of tomato plants about to ripen, and mint, mint, everything smelling of mint, and one fine old tree that I loved… — Jack Kerouac
I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that thatâ€™s a tree', pointing to a tree that… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies… — Kathi Appelt
Root of a tree, fruit of a vine, let me pass by this blood of mine. — Christopher Paolini
Vitally, the human race is dying. It is like a great uprooted tree, with its roots in the air. We must plant ourselves again in… — D. H. Lawrence
Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children's faces… — Sara Teasdale
Talk of mysteries! â€” Think of our life in nature, â€” daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, â€” rocks, trees,… — Henry David Thoreau
In Kilanga, people knew nothing of things they might have had - a Frigidaire? a washer-dryer combination? Really, they'd sooner imagine a tree that could… — Barbara Kingsolver
The more you move, the stronger you'll grow, not like a tree that can be killed if you uproot it. — Ha Jin
FaÃ«rie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned. — Robert Graves
I've lived here ... my whole life. It's where I lost all my baby teeth. Where tiny hamster, gerbil, and bird skeletons lie in rotted-out… — Jennifer McMahon
For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the… — Norton Juster
We were going to the long field which today looked like an ocean, although I had never seen an ocean; the grass was moving in… — Shirley Jackson
Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of… — Walt Disney
If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads. — P L Travers

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