Trees Quote by Diana Gabaldon

“Some of the trees hung their branches down almost as far as the surface, as if they were trying to stroke it with long…

— Sophie Cleverly

“I could hear the chaotic laughter trailing behind me. It turned the ageless trees into a menace. They loomed around me, while hiding him.…

— J.D. Stroube

“Who robbed the woods, The trusting woods? The unsuspecting trees Brought out their burrs and mosses His fantasy to please. He scanned their trinkets,…

— Emily Dickinson

“Carrying that lumber the forty meters from the forest had left his knuckles blistered, his underarms sopping, but now a few hours of flames…

— Anthony Marra

“They found a thick tree that had fallen, the tangled roots exposed. They saw the drenched ground that had given way. The tree seemed…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“So sturdy and solid, so wide, so thick, none of that delicate wristy business of my imaginings. Built like an oak tree, against which…

— Lionel Shriver

“The trees on either side were very tall and thin, like long, skeletal fingers reaching to the sky. The few remaining leaves were still…

— S.J. Bolton

“A short axe can still cut down tall trees.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The tallest tree bespeaks its origin through the seed it once was.”

— Monika Ajay Kaul

“I was ancient when the tallest trees were saplings. I walked this world in a time of dragons and giants and worse things and…

— Luke Scull

“Someone had cleared that hillside once to make an orchard that had fallen into ruin and was now only twisted silver branches and split…

— Louise Erdrich

“A tree there towere Tall and branching That house upholding The hall's wonder Its leaves their hangings Its limbs rafters Its mighty bole In…

— J.R.R. Tolkien