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-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French b

Let’s take our hearts for a walk in the woods and listen to the magic whispers of old trees. – Author Unknown

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? – Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. – Willa Cather, 1913