Quote by Margo Lanagan

“She was not clumsy, precisely. He doubted Miss Boyce would ever do anything so disorderly as stumble. But even at their first meeting, he…

— Meredith Duran

“If I wished to shake this tree with my hands, I should not be able to do so. But the wind, which we do…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Her thoughts rambled, but she wasn’t daydreaming. Her senses were sharp. She caught the fall of every leaf in the garden, the rustle of…

— Kristin Cashore

“I'm not clumsy. It's just the floor hates me, the tables and chairs are bullies, and the walls just always get in the way.”

— Nobody Anonymous

“It was hard to describe what she had sensed, but it had been distinct and clear, like the shape of a leafless tree against…

— Jessica Rydill

“Why should she listen to a litany of her flaws when she knew them all so well? She never stood up straight. She always…

— Karen Ranney

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

— Alice Walker

“She was so delicate that, while we sat beneath the linden branches, a leaf would fall and drift down and touch her skin, and…

— Roman Payne

“Abby felt like a kite cut loose from its string. One stiff wind and she was lost with no way to get back on…

— Terri Osburn

“What she really felt like doing was reading. Escaping into the Enchanted Wood, up the Faraway Tree, or with the Famous Five into Smuggler's…

— Kate Morton

“Be like the single blade of grass. For she too, has been trampled on, mowed down, and hit with such bitterly cold stretches that…

— Sandra Kring

“I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinancy to implore an inclement and…

— Marcel Proust