Home Quote by Gertrude Stein

“those roots were made for walking. And that’s not all they do.”

— Christopher L. Bennett

“Roots, I sometimes think, are a conservative myth, designed to keep us in our places.”

— Salman Rushdie

“I carry my roots with me all the time rolled up, I use them as my pilllow.”

— Francisco X. Alarcón

“People like where their roots are, especially when they are away from them.”

— Augusto Branco

“A person is from wherever they feel best, and roots are for plants. Everyone knows that, don't they?”

— Juan Gabriel Vásquez

“Be as strong as the roots and as free as the leaves.”

— Peter Yeremenko

“Sometimes something comes along and tears your roots right out the ground, and that’s when you know you been planted too long.”

— Sheri Reynolds

“I think we are all about to become rootless. It may be time. The soil has become poisonous.”

— Stan Goff

“I'm planting a tree to teach me to gather strength from my deepest roots.”

— Andrea Koehle Jones

“The roots were really strong. So no matter what happens to the outside, it can still thrive. If the really important parts are buried…

— E. Lee

“Fuck the roots.”

— Katharine Hepburn

“And roots, if they are to bear fruits, must be kept well in the soil of the land.”

— Pearl S. Buck