Forests Quote by Derrick Jensen

“I point to the volcanic rock that forms the base of the forest floor, and say that if the trees can grow on such…

— Sarah Lotz

Many people I've met believe that plants are made up of soil-that the tree outside your house, for example, is mostly made from the…

— Thom Hartmann

A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There are no medium-sized trees in the deep forest. There are only the towering ones, whose canopy spreads across the sky. Below, in the…

— Terry Pratchett

Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long as a…

— Scott Cunningham

“A tree grows into the air because it grows out of the air. The bulk of the tree is not made from the soil…

— Oliver Morton

“When we look at a tree, we do not see the tree for what it really is. We see how it appears to us…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

— Marco Pierre White

There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees.

— Washington Irving

“Meggie looked up at the dense thicket of branches. She had never set eyes on a tree like it before. The bark was reddish…

— Cornelia Funke

A tree's wood is also its memoir.

— Hope Jahren

“But the most astonishing thing about trees is how social they are. The trees in a forest care for each other, sometimes even going…

— Peter Wohlleben