"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come."

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Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2004). “Sarah Canary”, Plume

Karen Joy Fowler

#Tree Quotes #Immortality Quotes

“Horror writers are specialists in the worst case scenario”
“If you want nothing, do what you want. If you want everything, develop discipline”
“Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives.”
“I was born in Tyrone, 1956, for something I didn't do. I was innocent. But they gave me life. I still remember the midwife who extradited me.”
“But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.”
“I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.”
“Imagination decides everything.”
“Chopped down the tree of peace, but it will grow again.”

Source : "Ousted Aristide Arrives in Africa, but Final Stop Is in Doubt". Interview with Michael Wines, www.nytimes.com. March 1, 2004.

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