“He who plants a tree, plants a hope.”

“The plants in the garden - the aloes, the almond tree, the rose tree and the iris - were afraid of her. The flowers withered under her breath and the touch of her hand was leprous for the leaves. The plants whose growth is belief, whose breathing is hope, whose immobility is confidence and whose calyx is prayer, the plants who kept watch into the night, hated this women with the secret force of stars.”

“I am planting a tree in this bomb crater to remind us that in the midst of death, there is life... and hope.”

“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”

“This is pretty much the answer to every problem you encounter in suburbia: plant a tree, and hope you don't see anyone's privates.”

“The family tree of earthly ancestors was really not important; what was important was the family tree of the children of God He planted on Calvary.”