Childhood Quote by Tom Franklin

“But something he'd come to realize on the roof, leaning out, thinking about what would happen if he leaned too far, was that a…

— Katherine Boo

“If you thought hard enough, he’d always considered, you could work out everything. The wind, for example. It had always puzzled him until the…

— Terry Pratchett

“And what do we do when we reach the cover of the trees?" He asked, wanting to roar at the top of his lungs…

— Anonymous

“I’d grown up feeling like the trees had eyes, each tangle of roots like a brain that held memories. I could feel, even now,…

— Adrienne Young

“Like the trees, his roots went deep, and I daydreamed that if he wrapped me in his arms, he could safely tuck me away…

— Colleen Houck

“There’s always books. And the wind through trees.”

— Anna Jae

“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

“I watched the kids walking past us on the sidewalk. They looked pretty much like any other kids. They were dressed for each other.…

— Robert B. Parker

“He liked the grand size of things in the woods, the feeling of being lost and far away, and the sense he had that…

— Denis Johnson

“Light staggers through the trees. Every moment is filled with other moments.”

— Richard Jackson

“He had been here before, lots of times. He'd grown up with this recurring dream forest. Its roots were tangled in his veins.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on…

— Helen Hodgman