607 Quotes About Trees

In New York, when a tree dies, nobody mourns that it was cut down in its prime. Nobody counts the rings, notifies the loved ones. There are other trees. We can always squeeze in one more. Mind the tourists. It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't wanna live there.

The branches do not support the root. But the root supports the branches.

The root system supports the branches.

Johanna bent her head far back to look up into the leafy canopy and the rainy sky. There was a cautious wonder on her face. She said something in Kiowa in a low voice. So much water, such giant trees, each possessing a spirit. Drops like jewels cascaded from their spidery hands.

If redwoods are the backbone of California, oaks are of England.

I'll tell you a story, far, far from here where blades of grass are fluent in sentient knowledge and trees are a mandala of prayer.

Trees, their incremental gymnastics and noisy silence, are another wonder of Outside to me.

Once your baby tree is in the ground, check it daily, because the first three years are critical. Remember that you are your tree's only friend in a hostile world.

He could not tell all of the California pines apart, the gray pine from the coulter, the bushop from the knobcone and the Monterey.