Standing tall Quote by Jack Ketchum

“We planted a tree and it grew up. And so did we.”

— Diane Muldrow

“I'm planting a tree to grow with me all the days of my life.”

— Andrea Koehle Jones

“Have you noticed how every tree is different here? All twisted by the wind and snow, but if that was all, they should have…

— Jackie French

“But I would rather be horizontal. I am not a tree with my root in the soil. Sucking up minerals and motherly love. So…

— Sylvia Plath

“We should all have a tree in our childhood...a tree one might explore, a tree from which one might learn how to fall.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

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

— Andrea Koehle Jones

“There is a moment, climbing a tree, when you know you should climb no higher. A winnowing of branches the farther you go, like…

— Ted Kosmatka

“I envy the trees that grow at crossroads. They are never forced to decide which way to go...”

— Margarita Engle

“I am not a vine, I am that strong independent tree which can grow in all directions and nurture”

— Toddly Publications

“When you are like the tree, there is oneness with the Earth, Sun and Moon, but still steadfast in your purpose.”

— Michelle D. Rosado

“There's a special kind of man who plants a tree when he knows he'll move on before it's big enough for him to sit…

— Sandra Dallas

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

— Alice Walker