Difference Quote by J.K. Rowling

“What is a stromatolite? he asks rhetorically, his eyes gleaming. The word comes from the Greek stroma, a mattress, coupled with the root word…

— Margaret Atwood

“What are men compared to rocks and trees?”

— Jane Austen

“The stoic contemplates fallen leaves; the epicure rakes them into a loveseat.”

— Bauvard

“So, it's like an apple and a human tree.”

— Tovin

“To really touch something, she is learning—the bark of a sycamore tree in the gardens; a pinned stag beetle in the Department of Etymology;…

— Anthony Doerr

“our destinies are intertwined like the stems of ivy on an oak tree.”

— Chris Tinniswood

“And I think about those Stasi men. They would never in their lives have imagined that they would cease to exist and that their…

— Anna Funder

“It’s like a snake that sheds its skin. The outside look different when the scales change, but the inside always the same.”

— Jesmyn Ward

“They are like to plants that have grown around each other- they strangle and squeeze and support at the same time.”

— Lauren Oliver

“welts long enough for them to grow eyes. Nature does indeed prefer that cobblies be created right before the Dark.”

— Vernor Vinge

“He knew at once it was a human bone, when he took it from the baby who was sitting on the floor chewing it.”

— Arnaldur Indridason

“I look over at him. He stares straight ahead. "So," I say. "Golem, huh?" "I prefer the term 'Mineral-American.”

— D.D. Barant