„I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree.“

— Margaret Atwood

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„I will not say that your mulberry-trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive.“
— Jane Austen
„Today, I went to sleep under a plum tree. There, I dreamed I was a butterfly, flying so pleasently. Then, I fell asleep, and the dream ended. Now- I have to ask myself - am I Zhuang Zi who dreamed of a butterfly? Or am I that butterfly, dreaming I am Zhuang Zi?“
— Zhuangzi
„In the corner of the morning in the pastI would sit and blame the master first and last.All the roads were straight and narrowAnd the prayers were small and yellow.And the rumour spread that I was aging fast.Then I ran across a monster who was sleepingBy a tree.And I looked and frowned and the monster was me.“
— David Bowie
„I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees,Which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!“
— Dr. Seuss
„I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world;But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world.If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me;For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.“
— Rumi
„time is a tree (this life one leaf)but love is the sky and i am for youjust so long and long enough“
— E.E. Cummings