Quotes by Tree The quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while all the trees leaned over them and listened. J. R. R. Tolkien feettreequiet The tree looks like a dog, barking at heaven. Jack Kerouac dogtreeheaven If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said Yavanna, "and each contributes to the worth of the others. But the kelvar can flee or defend themselves, whereas the olvar that grow cannot. And among these I hold trees dear. Long in the growing, swift shall they be in the felling, and unless they pay toll with fruit upon their bough little mourned in their passing. So I see in my thought, would that the trees might speak on behalf of all things that have roots, and punish those that wrong them! J. R. R. Tolkien rootstreelong Even a stunted tree reaches for sunlight. Jacqueline Carey sunlighttree I am struck by the fact that the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think that the same is true of human beings. Henry David Thoreau treefirststhinking I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees. J. R. R. Tolkien springtreegiving Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back. J. K. Rowling funny-harry-pottertree Show me two villages, one embowered in trees and blazing with all the glories of October, the other a merely trivial and treelesswaste, or with only a single tree or two for suicides, and I shall be sure that in the latter will be found the most starved and bigoted religionists and the most desperate drinkers. Henry David Thoreau suicidetreetwo There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree. Jaime Lerner creativitycitiestree I am in fact a hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated). J. R. R. Tolkien dull-daysgardentree What we learned is money doesn't grow on trees. Jakob Nielsen growstree What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? A mountain. J. R. R. Tolkien mountainrootstree I have often thought that my work with wildlife taught me the meaning of patience, and my work with the big trees taught me the meaning of humility, and my work with the ice has taught me the meaning of mortality. James Balog icehumilitytree When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility. James Balog wildlifehumilitytree I expect a time when, or rather an integrity by which, a man will get his coat as honestly and as perfectly fitting as a tree itsbark. Now our garments are typical of our conformity to the ways of the world, i.e., of the devil, and to some extent react on us and poison us, like that shirt which Hercules put on. Henry David Thoreau treeintegritymen These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict them in all ways that we can." -- The Silmarllion, JRR Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien hunterstreeway My curiosity to see the melancholy spectacle of the executions was so strong that I could not resist it, although I was sensible that I would suffer much from it.... I got upon a scaffold near the fatal tree so that I could clearly see all the dismal scene.... I was most terribly shocked, and thrown into a very deep melancholy. James Boswell strongtreedeath In an orchard there should be enough to eat, enough to lay up, enough to be stolen, and enough to rot on the ground. James Boswell fruitenoughtree Haldir had gone on and was now climbing to the high flet. As Frodo prepared to follow him, he laid his hand upon the tree beside the ladder: never before had he been so suddenly and so keenly aware of the feel and texture of a tree's skin and of the life within it. He felt a delight in wood and the touch of it, neither as forester nor as carpenter; it was the delight of the living tree itself. J. R. R. Tolkien climbingtreehands If you ask a tree how he feels to know that he's spreading his fragrance and making people happy, I don't think a tree looks at it that way. I am just like that, and it is just my nature to be like this. Jaggi Vasudev treepeoplethinking«4344454647484950515253»
