J-r-r-tolkien Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien

“Some of my kin look just like trees now, and need something great to rouse them; and they speak only in whispers. But some…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Trees can’t tell jokes. But we can certainly tell stories. And if all you hear is the whisper of leaves, don’t worry. Most trees…

— Katherine Applegate

“Standing at the edge of the dark forest, he kissed me. The forest shook, trembled. Where snow touched the trees, white flecks rose into…

— David James

“You're not a tree. So move; make something happen.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Alice Walker

“The trees seemed to have eyes that were watching us and reaching out for me. They began to take on the shape of the…

— Amber Newberry

“And for a time the tree stood blighted, trying to raise its stumted arms, a creature clubbed mute, only its sudden voicelessness making us…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“The branches of the trees looked as if they were holding hands and bowing their heads in prayer.”

— Ishmael Beah

“The very shapes of the trees were like frozen screams.”

— Susanna Clarke

Listen. The trees in this story are stirring, trembling, readjusting themselves. A breeze is coming in gusts off the sea, and it is almost…

— Maggie O'Farrell

“They fluttered and rustled ceaselessly through the air from all the tree-tops and branches. A delicate silvery sound was falling constantly to earth. It…

— Felix Salten

“They're only trees. Only trees. Whose afraid of lonely trees?”

— Ruth Frances Long