Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. – Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies, 1928

A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of its Tormentor. – George William Curtis

Exhalation of moss, mycelium, black mould; wafted savor of a thousand earthly growths, damp, clinging, redolent; aroma of mighty roots, of invisible spawn and seed—all the vast stirring of the earth’s desire. – Virginia Garland, “The Rain,” Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacifi

Trees are much like human beings and enjoy each other’s company. Only a few love to be alone. – Jens Jensen, Siftings, 1939