“You’d never care to plant some roots insociety, I suppose,” mused the other.”
“A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut. Nobody does plant them nowadays—when you see a walnut it is almost invariably an old tree. If you plant a walnut you are planting it for your grandchildren, and who cares a damn for his grandchildren?”
“I don’t care about the money, Pidge. I was afraid you’d leave and never speak to me again.”
“I planted a tree. You’d think my neighbors would be happy for the shade it would provide them, but no, they said I planted it too close to their house. Since when is six inches too close?”
“LIBERTY, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”
“You are where you’re supposed to be. Otherwise you’d be somewhere else.”