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    J.K. Rowling
    “Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: humor, trees
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    “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
    ― Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest
    tags: misattributed-to-gandhi
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    Maggie Stiefvater
    “If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.”
    ― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys
    tags: deep-thoughts, humans, love, maggie-stiefvater, nature, the-raven-boys, trees
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    Jarod Kintz
    “Love is like a forest, I think as I kill trees by squandering toilet paper while “decorating” my ex girlfriend’s front yard.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, This Book Has No Title
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    Chad Sugg
    “Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.”
    ― Chad Sugg
    tags: autumn, encourage, fall, inspirational, life, love, nature, trees
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    John Muir
    “This time it is real — all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!”
    ― John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra
    tags: death, glory, reality
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    Dorothy Parker
    “I never see that prettiest thing-
    A cherry bough gone white with Spring-
    But what I think, "How gay 'twould be
    To hang me from a flowering tree.”
    ― Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep As A Well: Collected Poems
    tags: cherry, flowering, suicide, trees
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    Dr. Seuss
    “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: adulthood, childhood
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    Ally Condie
    “Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.”
    ― Ally Condie, Matched
    tags: childhood, friendship, growing-up
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    Jane Yolen
    “Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
    ― Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
    tags: childhood, disease, literature
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    Jim Henson
    “[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.”
    ― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
    tags: childhood, education, learning, teaching
    2019 likes

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    Markus Zusak
    “If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. ”
    ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
    tags: childhood, laughter, love, oblivious
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    Roald Dahl
    “Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.”
    ― Roald Dahl
    tags: childhood, children, humor
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    Audrey Niffenegger
    “Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window.”
    ― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
    tags: childhood, mothers
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    Ethan Hawke
    “Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.”
    ― Ethan Hawke, The Hottest State
    tags: adulthood, childhood, dreams, ethan-hawke, follow-your-dreams, growing-up, judgement
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    Scott Dikkers
    “Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.”
    ― Scott Dikkers, You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day
    tags: advice, atheism, childhood, humor, kids, parenting, religion, santa
    282 likes

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    William Shakespeare
    “Watch out he's winding the watch of his wit, by and by it will strike.”
    ― William Shakespeare, The Tempest
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