„Stupid rock gods!” Leo yelled from the helm. “That’s thetime I’ve had to replace that mast! You think they grow on trees?”Nico frowned. “Mastsfrom trees.”“That’s not the point!“

— Rick Riordan

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„No!" Leo yelled."Uhhh," Nico groaned from the floor."Piper!" Jason cried."Monkey!" Frank yelled."Not monkeys," Hazel grumbled. "I think those are dwarfs.""Stealing my stuff!" Leo yelled, and ran for the stairs.“
— Rick Riordan
„Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„I said to the almond tree: "Speak to me of God."and the almond tree blossomed.“
— Nikos Kazantzakis
„A treeCannot growIn its parents’ shadows.“
— Octavia E. Butler
„Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.“
— Albert Einstein
„You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.“
— Chinua Achebe
„The farm god rolled his eyes. He pointed at the corn plant, and BAM! Nico di Angelo appeared in an exposion of corn silk. Nico looked around in panic. "I-I had the weirdest nightmare about popcorn.“
— Rick Riordan