Flower Quote by Jack Ketchum

A lonely fir-tree is standing On a northern barren height; It sleeps, and the ice and snow-drift Cast round it a garment of white.

— Heinrich Heine

“It was no wonder that her sons stood tall and straight. She was a rich mine of life, like the foundation of early races.”

— Willa Cather

“He was tall, and straight, with a lot of very thick, wild, white hair. In his grim brown face the nose curved fiercely, like…

— Susan Cooper

“A tall, straight-bodied, and by no means ill-favored young Highlander at close range is breath-taking.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“Tall and straight I may appear, but I will always be Adah inside. A crooked little person trying to tell the truth. The power…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Sometimes a terrible forest fire breaks out, an entire forest turns to ash, but a lonely tree standing outside the forest shouts "I'm here!"…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“I shake my head, "What can he do he hasn’t already done? What can anyone do to me that hasn’t already be done?" I…

— Tara Brown

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the…

— Anonymous

Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky, How beautiful it is? All its branches are outlined, and in its nakedness…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“If an hour has passed and the tree’s still standing, it’s probably not the saw that’s the problem.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

The world breaks a little bit every time we cut down a tree. It's so much easier to cut one down than to grow…

— Hope Jahren

“You are no ruin sir--no lighting-struck tree: you are green and vigorous. Plants will grow about your roots, whether you ask them or not,…

— Charlotte Brontë