Adam Quote by Oliver Sacks

“In her orchard the trees had been born from deaths; they marked and grew from the remains of the children that passed through her.…

— Nadifa Mohamed

“…the fruit merely a manifestation of what was inside the tree all along.”

— Laurie Beth Jones

The fruit tasted foreign but indigenous, like sunlight a tree had changed through patience.

— Pat Conroy

“Everyone in the tribe believed in life after death and the spirit’s ability to be reborn and live again in a new body. The…

— M.J. Rose

“Every tree in the forest has a story to tell. Some of them were burnt but they endured the fire and got revived; some…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Que aprendeu a árvore da terra para conversar com o céu? What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk…

— Pablo Neruda

“It was a garden, a walled garden. Overgrown but with beautiful bones visible still. Someone had cared for this garden once. The remains of…

— Kate Morton

“If this is metaphorically true, then it must again be our choice to eat of the Tree of Life, if we wish to experience…

— Katherine Parker

“It was approaching night, the conversation having taken up the better part of a day. Out of the fragile light a fourth perezoso spoke,…

— Lon Otto

The leaves had fallen from the trees and lay crisp and crackling beneath his feet. Picking one up he marveled, not for the first…

— Louise Penny

“And it has stayed there, calmly in its spot, growing slowly, producing leaves, losing leaves, producing more, as those mammoths became extinct, as Homer…

— Matt Haig

“Much like people, the seed always contained the tree. It just needed water and soil to release it.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough