Tree Quotes
4223 quotes by 2389 authors
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I wanted to crawl in between those black lines of print, the way you crawl through a fence, and go to sleep under that beautiful…
— Sylvia Plath
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God planted the seeds of all the trees," continued Hetty, after a moment's pause, "and you see to what a height and shade they have…
— James F. Cooper
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Something doesn't look right," Vee said. "Is the tire supposed to look like that?" I banged my head against the nearest tree trunk. "So we've…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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An unbearable smug look came over his usually impassive face."Uh-huh. You just keep telling youself that. You looove me." I took a swing at him,…
— James Patterson
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She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome…
— Holly Black
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Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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I see a girl caught in the remains of a holiday gone bad, with her flesh picked off day after day as the carcass dries…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees
— Paulo Coelho
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The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower.
— Sylvia Plath
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And so much depends, I told Augustus, upon a blue sky cut open by the branches of the trees above. So much depends upon the…
— John Green
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But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The trees bathed their great heads in the waves of the morning, while their roots were planted deep in gloom; save where on the borders…
— George MacDonald
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I found Esau’s field guide at the bottom of my pack. Taking a candle into the bedroom, I read his book until my eyes grew…
— Maria V. Snyder
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This is pretty much the answer to every problem you encounter in suburbia: plant a tree, and hope you don't see anyone's privates.
— Lauren Oliver
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I trust the red sun setting, the leafless November trees. On Monday morning I look foward fearlessly to Friday’s eve. But humans are not as…
— Ellen Wittlinger
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(Talks about her childhood) I grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Reading, PA. It was the most magical fun childhood. We had grape…
— Taylor Swift
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It was an actual Christmas tree farm. We had, like, 15 acres. It was really fun as a kid. I also spent my summers at…
— Taylor Swift
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Yes! I did [grow up on a Christmas Tree farm], so this is a good season for me. I was too young to help with…
— Taylor Swift
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The tree was so old, and stood there so alone, that his childish heart had been filled with compassion; if no one else on the…
— Karl Ove Knausgard
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It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself…
— Denis Johnson
Who Wrote These Tree Quotes
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