“The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale...”
“They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.”
“As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.”
“Our tree became the talking tree of the fairy tale; legends and stories nestled like birds in its branches.”
“A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.”
“A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, the more they're beaten the better they be.”