Branches Quote by Fredrika Bremer

The olive tree is a tree full of health. It is a symbol of eternity. Of all things, it has peace attached to it.

— Carol Drinkwater

“Olive trees are intimate creatures, eloquent in their twistedness. It's easy to understand why the ancients believed human spirits could be trapped inside them.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Olive trees grow in the same climate and soil conditions as grapes. The olive oil people have been up in Napa Valley all along,…

— Mary Roach

There are more than 800 different types of olive tree and each region has its own varieties, creating unique flavours.

— Carol Drinkwater

As an olive tree does not lose its foliage in summer or winter, so Israel will never be lost, here or hereafter.

— Joshua B Levi Talmudl Menachot

If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.

— Mahmoud Darwish

“No one looks at an olive tree and asks why it hides it fruits. It blossoms when its ready and under the right conditions.”

— Sadiqua Hamdan

The almond grows very contentedly alongside olives. I discovered that while in Israel - both trees require only sparse watering once established.

— Carol Drinkwater

Olive oil is the cornerstone of Mediterranean cuisine. This tree is the thread from which the tapestry of the Med has been woven.

— Carol Drinkwater

Sometimes, like now, Olive had a sense of just how desperately hard every person in the world was working to get what they needed.…

— Elizabeth Strout

“Your children will be like olive shoots around your table." -Psalm 128:3 Children are likened to olive plants. Olive plants, if not pruned and…

— Joseph Stephen

Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when…

— Marcus Aurelius