Trees Quote by Ella Frank

For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.

— John Lyly

“From the crooked timber of humanity, never was a straight thing made.”

— Immanuel Kant

Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the…

— Tom Waits

“In nature, nothing is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways and they're still beautiful.”

— Alice Walker

“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was even made.”

— kant

“I needed a man with Tree Trunk Feet... Shallow roots would never do.”

— Alfa H

“My kids are starting to notice I'm a little different from the other dads. "Why don't you have a straight job like everyone else?"…

— Tom Waits

“A tree with strong roots laughs at storms.”

— Nnedi Okorafor

“And though our roots belong to the same tree, our branches have grown in different directions.”

— Suzy Kassem

“Now, my bonny lad, you are mine! And we’ll see if one tree won’t grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to…

— Emily Brontë

“From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.”

— Immanuel Kant

“Make it bend — trees are flexible, so they don’t snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch — perfect trees don’t exist. Nothing…

— Laurie Halse Anderson