„There was one picture in particular which bothered him. It had begun with a leaf caught in the wind, and it became a tree; and the tree grew, sending out innumerable branches, and thrusting out the most fantastic roots.“

— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

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„The tree that would grow to heaven must send its roots to hell.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„… you look like you fell out of a crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down.“
— Jim Butcher
„You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.“
— Malcolm X
„All religions are branches of one big tree. It doesn't matter what you call Him just as long as you call.“
— George Harrison