Trees Quotes

“And something inside me resisted renewing the cycle again, here too, this time too, giving another push to the wheel of life and cultivating one more new prey for ravenous death. I didn't want to. Let the place stand empty.”
― Hermann Hesse, Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings

“There is nothing we can count on in this world, not even trees! They, too, can abandon you, die on you, leave you in the lurch one day and cross over into the great darkness and vanish forever!”
― Hermann Hesse, Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings

“Now, in the place that had once belonged to this old friend, there was a hole - the little world had a little rip in it, through which the void, death and horror could peek in.”
― Hermann Hesse, Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings

“The miracle has taken place, whether I saw it or not - forests arch overhead, distant peaks call, and it is time to take up one's boots and bag, oar and fishing pole, and delight with all one's senses in the young year more beautiful than ever before, just like it is every year, and which seems to be forging ahead in even more hurry every time.”
― Hermann Hesse, Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings

“Nothing is more sacred, nothing more exemplary, than a strong and beautiful tree.”
― Hermann Hesse, Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings

“Latif ve narin ne vardıysa içimde, Hoyratça kırdı geçirdi dünya, Memnunum, barışığım yine de, Sabırla yeni yapraklar veririm Yüzlerce kez kırılmış dallarımdan Ve tüm acılara rağmen hâlâ Aşığım ben bu divane dünyaya.”
― Hermann Hesse, Trees: An Anthology of Writings and Paintings