Palm trees Quote by Michelle Hodkin

“I look at a palm tree and see strength and perseverance. How else could this tree stand tall in such arid land?”

— Soroosh Shahrivar

“I thought all the trees were whispering to each other, passing news and plots along in an unintelligible language; and the branches swayed and…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“And my father went back into the forest and chopped down a tree. The sound of the trunk fracturing and splintering and falling to…

— Sarah Winman

“Of course, I feared that the joy I felt, like certain trees, had taken root at the edge of a craggy cliff. They may…

— André Aciman

“It was raining. Gigantic ferns leaned over us. The forest drifted down a hill. I could hear a creek rushing down among rocks. And…

— Denis Johnson

“I am the palm and this is only wind. I will bend, but I will not break.”

— Peter V. Brett

“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

“The trees were like black skeletons reaching to the sky, pleading with their bony arms for the sun to get stronger.”

— J.R. Ward

“It's like this enormous tree had just crashed through the house and I was picking up the leaves so no one would notice what…

— Ann Patchett

“...For like a rugged tree you are hard and sound at the core.”

— H. Rider Haggard

“I take my hands off the break and let go. The trees and the fences mess together and the concrete could be the sky…

— Cath Crowley

“If a tree has strong roots, not even the strongest hands can pluck it from where it stands.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo