Flaming Green Tree

Famous quotes containing the words flaming, green and/or tree:

“To the highest leadership among women it is given to hold steadily in one hand the sacred vessels that hold the ancient sanctities of life, and in the other a flaming torch to light the way for oncoming generations.”
—Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931)

“Who are the violets now
That strew the green lap of the new-come spring?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“A pinecone does not fall far from the tree trunk.”
—Estonian. Trans. by Ilse Lehiste (1993)