Famous quotes containing the words oak and/or trees:
“I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)