“Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”
“To Frost House," I said."To Frost House," they echoed.We clunked mugs and drank, to the applause of a deep rumble of thunder.”
“Hyacinth bean and papayas, long vines, deep roots. Palm trees outside the garden walls, with deep roots, stand a thousand years.”
“Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.”
“I handed my tools. The two of them reached down to help me out of the crater I'd dug. ''Isn't that a little deep?'' Yoda asked. ''It'll help the roots get established,'' I explained. ''Established where? China?”
“Too many times we pray for ease, but that's a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into the Eternal, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be swept asunder.”