Trees Quotes

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I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Calling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay-wagon. She did not giggle… — Stephen King
The trees have inquisitive eyes, haven't they? -that is, seem as if they had. And the river says,-'Why do ye trouble me with your looks?'… — Thomas Hardy
This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high… — J.R.R. Tolkien
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. The two processes complement each other, creating… — Haruki Murakami
He would have told her - he would have said, it matters not if you are here or there, for I see you before me… — Juliet Marillier
I feel moderately bad about this whole thing. On the one hand, I am providing myself with urgently required survival skills. Other lessons in this… — Audrey Niffenegger
Nor do we merely feel these essences for one short hour no, even as these trees that whisper round a temple become soon dear as… — John Keats
He removed several pages of death certificates, which were picked up by another breeze and sent into the trees. Some would fall with the leaves… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating. These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers… — Rajneesh
I've seen spring come to the orchard every year as far back as I can remember and I've never grown tired of it. Oh, the… — Lynn Austin
It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my wife for the peas we had sent them from our garden. 'I thought… — James Thurber
Books lie, he said. God dont lie. No, said the judge. He does not. And these are his words. He held up a chunk of… — Cormac McCarthy
When an almond tree became covered with blossoms in the heart of winter, all the trees around it began to jeer. 'What vanity,' they screamed,… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that… — John Keats
CROWN Too much rain loosens trees. In the hills giant oaks fall upon their knees. You can touch parts you have no right to— places… — Kay Ryan
They say that in the hour before an earthquake the clouds hang leaden in the sky, the winds slows to a hot breath, and the… — Chris Cleave
Where the road sloped upward beyond the trees, I sat and looked toward the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to tell which room… — Haruki Murakami
Think of the sound you make when you let go after holding your breath for a very, very long time. Think of the gladdest sound… — Gary D. Schmidt
It is humankind's duty to respect all life, not only animals have feelings but even also trees and plants. — Albert Einstein
I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world, wanting to get… — Donald Miller
I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive. — Jane Austen
So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even the most open-minded… — Derrick Jensen
Ah! Up then from the ground sprang I And hailed the earth with such a cry As is not heard save from a man Who… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Outside the trees dragged their leaves like nets through the depths of the air; the sound of water was in the room and through the… — Virginia Woolf

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