"Trees for example, carry the memory of rainfal. In their rings we read ancient weather - storms, sunlight and temperatures, the growing seasons of centuries. A forest shares a history which each tree remembers even after it has been felled."

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Source : Anne Michaels (2009). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.123, A&C Black

Anne Michaels

#Memories Quotes #Weather Quotes #Tree Quotes

“The smaller the function, the greater the management.”
“Italy offers one the most priceless of all one's possessions - one's own soul.”
“One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few yards each side of that trail there are none.”
“That night, I thanked God for seeing me through that day of days and prayed I would make it through D plus 1. I also promised that if some way I could get home again, I would find a nice peaceful town and spend the rest of my life in peace.”

Source : "Fictional character: Richard Winters". "Band of Brothers", www.imdb.com. 2001.
“Where there are two Phd's in a developing country, one is head of state and the other is in exile.”
“You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.”
“It is money makes the mare to trot.”
“The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.”

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