"Tree sitting is a last resort. When you see someone sitting in a tree trying to protect it, you know that every level of our society has failed."

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Source : Julia Hill (2010). “Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods”, p.43, Harper Collins

Julia Hill

#Failure Quotes #Tree Quotes #Trying Quotes

“You learn nothing about men by snubbing them and crushing their pride. You must ask them what it is they can do in this world, that they alone can do.”
“Go then, a starveling girl With no perfume or pearls, Only your nudity O my beauty!”
“He was like a shooting star you tried to catch with your hands. She would only get burned.”

Source : Melissa de la Cruz (2011). “Lost In Time: Number 6 in series”, p.98, Hachette UK
“I've been studying sexism for many years, and it's much easier to document the existence of sexism than it is to document the existence of interventions that reduce it. It's really hard to find ways to change the way people see people in different groups. It should be our goal, and we're working for that, but it's hard.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.”
“The cool part about naming your kid is you donâ€™t have to add six numbers to make sure the name is available.”
“Those dabs of paint and lines become art when form and flow are created out of lower-level perceptual elements. When they combine harmoniously they give rise to perspective, foreground and background, and ultimately to emotion and other aesthetic attributes.”
“Art accepts what it finds.”

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