Famous quotes containing the words dead and/or roots:
“The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“The Plains are not forgiving. Anything that is shallow—the easy optimism of a homesteader; the false hope that denies geography, climate, history; the tree whose roots don’t reach ground water—will dry up and blow away.”
—Kathleen Norris (b. 1947)