Quotes by Tree Time has a funny way of collapsing when you go back to a place you once loved. You find yourself thinking, I was kissed in that building, I climbed up that tree. Ann Patchett finding-yourself tree thinking A Canadian settler hates a tree, regards it as his natural enemy, as something to be destroyed, eradicated, annihilated by all and any means. Anna Brownell Jameson hate tree mean We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees. Anna Freud space yesterday tree We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimates’ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements of everyday objects. These may be messages from God or tricks of the eye, but in neither case are we permitted to ignore them. Anna Godbersen everyday-objects eye tree My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my friends under the apple trees. Anna Sewell apples home tree The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end. Anna Sewell water-lily tree book When I behold the heavens as in their prime, Anne Bradstreet wrinkles tree beauty When I stepped away from the white pine, I had the definite feeling that we had exchanged some form of life energy. ... Clearly white pines and I are on the same wavelength. What I give back to the trees I cannot imagine. I hope they receive something, because trees are among my closest friends. Anne LaBastille white tree giving I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees. Anne Lamott unity tree needs Trees for example, carry the memory of rainfal. In their rings we read ancient weather - storms, sunlight and temperatures, the growing seasons of centuries. A forest shares a history which each tree remembers even after it has been felled. Anne Michaels tree weather memories The windows, the starving windows that drive the trees like nails into my heart. Anne Sexton nails heart tree Someone is dead. Anne Sexton dancer green tree There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go sit under that tree by your street. Annie Dillard enlightenment nature tree Trees have a curious relationship to the subject of the present moment. There are many created things in the universe that outlive us, that outlive the sun, even, but I can't think about them. I live with trees. Annie Dillard sun tree thinking It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mum. We doused the burning bush and cannot rekindle it; we are lighting matches in vain under every green tree. Annie Dillard mountain mind tree I have since only rarely seen the tree with the lights in it. The vision comes and goes, mostly goes, but I live for it, for the moment when the mountains open and a new light roars in spate through the crack, and the mountains slam. Annie Dillard vision light tree Blessed tree and blessed birds, that were to be neither saved nor damned. Anthony Burgess blessed tree bird You know, I like to climb trees and ride bikes and play. Anthony Kiedis climbs play tree The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky. Antoine de Saint-Exupery winning sky tree Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree. Antoine de Saint-Exupery harmony tree peace «23456789101112»
