Trees Quote by Leylah Attar

““I feel like a tree exposed to the elements, my roots clinging to the soil, my branches flirting with heaven.””

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“But sitting here before Troy Heathgate now, I'm teetering on a knife's edge between honor and disgrace.”

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“Sitting at the old patio table she’d cleared of leaves, she smiled and leaned back. The stars looked twisted in the limbs of the…

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Suddenly a mist of green on the trees, as quiet as thought.

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“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,”

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“Nevermore Tree was gargantuan, a word which here means 'having attained an inordinate amount of botanical volume.”

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“Sentinels of trees breathe life into bodies of earthly flesh As their mighty arms reach to the stars we join in their quest for…

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You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be…

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The problem with drinking and driving is that trees defend themselves very well.

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Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings had not darkened because of her grief, nor sickened because of her pain. She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly -the thought of the world's concern at her situation- was found…

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