Tree Quotes

4223 quotes by 2389 authors

A lot of really big trees had died to make that desk. His mother had probably gnawed them down, used her nails to saw the… — Jennifer Crusie
Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years… — Mitch Albom
Hickory dickory dock my daddyâ€™s nuts from shell shock. Humpty dumpty thought he was wise till gas came along and burned out his eyes. A… — Dalton Trumbo
Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets… — Pablo Neruda
Eyes on the forest, not on the trees. — Suzanne Collins
Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after Will. He admired his skill with a sword and… — John Flanagan
It was a grey day, that least fleshly of all weathers; a day of dreams and far hopes and clear visions. It was a day… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
My hands resemble some ancient tree: the roots that bind up the earth, the rock and the ceaselessly nibbling wordms. — Mark Z. Danielewski
That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does… — Terry Pratchett
An oak tree and a rosebush grew, Young and green together, Talking the talk of growing things- Wind and water and weather. And while the… — Shel Silverstein
Immortal amarant, a flower which once In paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed,… — John Milton
Night is done, gone the moon, gone the stars From the skies. Fades the black of night Comes the morn with rosy light. Fold your… — Kathryn Lasky
Far away if first black, But it shall be back Over field Over flower In the twilight hour. We are home in our tree. We… — Kathryn Lasky
A single tree doesn't make a forest. — Chris Bradford
Down the winding cavern we groped our tedious way, till a void boundless as the nether sky appeared beneath us, and we held by the… — William Blake
(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree. — Alexandre Dumas
All the general fear I've been feeling condenses into an immediate fear of this girl, this predator who might kill me in seconds. Adrenaline shoots… — Suzanne Collins
....to abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree. — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
I saw the spiders marching through the air, Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day In latter August when the hay Came creaking to… — Robert Lowell

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