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Where I'd Like to Be
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Frances O'Roark Dowell971 ratings, 3.78 average rating, 128 reviews
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“You know why trees smell the way they do?" Murphy asked, looking up from her hammering.
"Sap?" Logan guessed. "Chlorophyll?"
Murphy shook her head. "Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years' worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That's why trees smell so beautiful and old.”
― Where I'd Like to Be
"Sap?" Logan guessed. "Chlorophyll?"
Murphy shook her head. "Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years' worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That's why trees smell so beautiful and old.”
― Where I'd Like to Be
