Dwarfing Trees Quotes & Sayings

Become a documentarian of what you do. — Austin Kleon

I'm not afraid of death ... I'm afraid of life without you. — Yvonne Woon

The Den, the best horror - You never know who is the Original! — Deyth Banger

Teaching history to eighth graders is like being a tour guide for people who hate their vacation. — Chuck Klosterman

In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock. — Damon Runyon

Do not cruise through red lights. Because if I'm coming the other way, I will run you down, for fun. — Jeremy Clarkson

See that tree?" It was a stubby cypress tree, all bent and twisted.
"Yeah, I see it."
"It's my favorite tree."
"It's not that great a tree," I said.
"That's it. That's exactly it. It's like me. The wind beat the holy crap out of it when it was just a sapling. Never could straighten itself out again." He sort of smiled at me. "But, Zach, it didn't die." He looked like maybe he wanted to cry. But he didn't. "It's alive."
"Maybe it should have just given up."
"That tree didn't know how to do that. It only knew how to live. Crooked. Bent. Taller trees dwarfing it even more. It just wanted to live. I named it, you know?"
He was waiting for me to ask what he'd named it
but I decided I didn't want to ask.
"Zach," he whispered. "The tree's name is Zach."[p. 135] — Benjamin Alire Saenz

My mother is the antithesis of a typical Jewish mother, she is very soft-spoken and takes more naps that a cat. As a result, I've always longed for someone to really annoy the shit out of me. — Chelsea Handler