Trees Quote by Hal Borland

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.

— Hal Borland

“A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“...it occurred that the birds, whose twitters and repeated songs sounded so pretty and affirming of nature and the coming day, might actually, in…

— David Foster Wallace

“So, are you in the tree for any particular reason or are you indulging a long-held desire to be a bird?”

— Mandy Goff

“If a tree’s strength is judged while it is still a seed, it is mistaken as weak.”

— Idowu Koyenikan

“The trees show definitions of themselves subtly like the face of a man.”

— Daniel J. Rice

“What kind of times are these, when To talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?”

— Bertolt Brecht

“We have allowed a dangerous forest to grow as we try to guard against individual trees.”

— Hugh Howey

“Cut down no trees, for they are home to the birds you adore.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“I can’t believe I’m being coerced by a bird.”

— Cate Rowan

“I swear since seeing your face, the whole world is fraud and fantasy The garden is bewildered as to what is leaf or blossom…

— Jallaludin Rumi

I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least some bird…

— George Herbert