“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.”
“. . . And as fall turned to winter, the Darlington peach trees started dropping their leaves again, gently, like they were letting them go. It wasnt the same as giving them up. It wasnt the same as losing them.”
“It was odd how Aritomo's life seemed to glance off mine; we were like two leaves falling from a tree, touching each other now and again as they spiraled to the forest floor.”
“You never realize the holes a person leaves behind until you fall into them. ”
“If trees had love, instead of leaves, I’d gladly rake you into a pile on my lawn and fall into you.”
“Love is like encountering a forest and having to chop down every tree but one. Oh, and you have to chop down each tree by hugging it until it falls. ”