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Ilie Ruby
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“Love isn't tested by how good it makes you feel. It's tested by whether you are brave enough to feel every part of it.”
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“Who can say what they’d have done in her situation. She’s stronger than she knows. I tried to tell her that every day, too.”
“Was that the truth?” Grant asks.
Joseph smiles. “You ever see a tree that’s dying, it’s nothing but a bunch of dried out branches? You can talk to this tree, tell it all about how its leaves are growing green and healthy. Then you sit back and watch how it changes.”
― The Language of Trees
“Was that the truth?” Grant asks.
Joseph smiles. “You ever see a tree that’s dying, it’s nothing but a bunch of dried out branches? You can talk to this tree, tell it all about how its leaves are growing green and healthy. Then you sit back and watch how it changes.”
― The Language of Trees
“You could teach an animal to learn your language, but you'd be missing the point. The point was to learn its language. Only then would you understand.”
― The Salt God's Daughter
― The Salt God's Daughter
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“Who can say what they’d have done in her situation. She’s stronger than she knows. I tried to tell her that every day, too.”
“Was that the truth?” Grant asks.
Joseph smiles. “You ever see a tree that’s dying, it’s nothing but a bunch of dried out branches? You can talk to this tree, tell it all about how its leaves are growing green and healthy. Then you sit back and watch how it changes.”
― The Language of Trees
“Was that the truth?” Grant asks.
Joseph smiles. “You ever see a tree that’s dying, it’s nothing but a bunch of dried out branches? You can talk to this tree, tell it all about how its leaves are growing green and healthy. Then you sit back and watch how it changes.”
― The Language of Trees
“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― Poems, 1923-1954
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― Poems, 1923-1954
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Hi Ilie,Thank you, I am delighted to be friends here on GoodReads. I have heard so many wonderful comments about your book, 'The Language of Trees'.
All the best,
Stuart :)
Hi Ilie,I hope the book tour is going well. Good luck with it!
~Shelagh
Thank you for the kind words about the book. Delighted to be connected to you here!
Best,
Ilie