Roots Quote by Neelam Saxena Chandra

“A tree’s nature does not change because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree with strong roots laughs at storms.”

— Nnedi Okorafor

“They found a thick tree that had fallen, the tangled roots exposed. They saw the drenched ground that had given way. The tree seemed…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“The tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary with age, enfeebled, dry. So more the things remain the same,…

— John Knowles

“A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“They fluttered and rustled ceaselessly through the air from all the tree-tops and branches. A delicate silvery sound was falling constantly to earth. It…

— Felix Salten

“Fall seemed to last forever, the trees barren except for the few leaves still managing to hold on, poised in some terrible in-between.”

— Chelsea Sedoti

“And for a time the tree stood blighted, trying to raise its stumted arms, a creature clubbed mute, only its sudden voicelessness making us…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“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

“Trees allow their old leaves to fall so they can then blossom.”

— Renee Rentmeester

“We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, Trees that start again, Drawing up from the…

— Robert Bly

“Above his monotonous voice one could hear, now and again, a little wind stray through the drying leaves of the trees. A leaf or…

— Frederic Manning