Tree Quotes

4223 quotes by 2389 authors

The first rose on my rose-tree Budded, bloomed, and shattered, During sad days when to me Nothing mattered. Grief or grief has drained me clean;… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees... Strangers are like friends — Kobayashi Issa
She was sitting in a garden more beautiful than even her rampaging imagination could ever have conjured up, and she was being serenaded by trees. — Lynn Kurland
By now you know: I come from another planet. But I will never say to you, "Take me to your leaders." Even I--unused to your… — Margaret Atwood
We do not tell old friends beneath our roof-tree that they are an offence to the eyesight. — P.G. Wodehouse
I made a wish on this tree years ago," Marco says. "What did you wish for?" Bailey asks. Marco leans forward and whispers in Bailey's… — Erin Morgenstern
But human deciding what to eat without professional guidance - something they have been doing with notable success since coming down out of the trees… — Michael Pollan
Tree It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime, you will have to choose. That… — Jane Hirshfield
The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go. The giant… — Emily Bronte
Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs. — Audre Lorde
We two remake our world by naming it / Together, knowing what words mean for us / And for the other for whom current coin… — A. S. Byatt
Have you ever watched a leaf leave a tree? It falls upward first, and then it drifts toward the ground, just as I find myself… — Beth Kephart
When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold, Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold; When woodland… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Be a helpful friend, and you will become a green tree with always new fruit, always deeper journeys into love. — Unknown Author
She could've looked at the tiny miracles in front of her: my feet, my hands, my fingers, the shape of my shoulders beneath my jacket,… — Maggie Stiefvater
No one has imagined us. We want to live like trees, sycamores blazing through the sulfuric air, dappled with scars, still exuberantly budding, our animal… — Adrienne Rich
dive for dreams or a slogan may topple you (trees are their roots and wind is wind) trust your heart if the seas catch fire… — E E Cummings
The forest stretched on seemingly forever with the most monotonous predictability, each tree just like the next - trunk, branches, leaves; trunk, branches, leaves. Of… — Thomas M. Disch
Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly and… — Henry David Thoreau
A farmer friend of mine told me recently about a busload of middle school children who came to his farm for a tour. The first… — Joel Salatin

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