“I was the sort of kid who spent a Sunday afternoon prying little trees out of the foundation of his parents' house. I should have given in to the inevitable truth that this was the sort of person I would become, in the end, but I kept fighting it.” ShouldLittlesPersonsEndsKidsFightingHouseGivenParentTreeShould HaveFoundationInevitableSundayAfternoonSunday Afternoons Book:The Round House: A Novel Source: The Round House: A Novel
“I'd love to see a new form of social security ... everyone taught how to grow their own; fruit and nut trees planted along every street, parks planted out to edibles, every high rise with a roof garden, every school with at least one fruit tree for every kid enrolled.” KidsSchoolFormSocialGrowsTreeStreetsSecurityTaughtGardenFruitParksNutsRoofSocial SecurityFruit TreesEdibles Author:Jackie French
“As a kid I never had the impulse to climb anything. I think that most kids who live in small towns or rural areas outside of the city, that's what they do - climb walls, or trees, or whatever. To me, it was more dance classes and not being very boyish.” ThinkingKidsCitiesClassTreeWallAreasTownsImpulseClimbsSmall TownDance ClassRural AreasBoyish Author:Jamie Bell
“I'm thinking of writing a children's story about a leaf on a tree who arrogantly insists he's a self-made, independent leaf. Then one day a fierce wind blows him off his branch and to the ground below. As his life slowly ebbs away, he looks up at the magnificent old tree that had been his home and realizes that he had never been on his own. His entire life he had been part of something bigger and more beautiful than anything he could have imagined. In a blinding flash, he awakens from the delusion of self. Then an arrogant, self-centered kid rakes him up and bags him.” ThinkingWritingLooksChildrenMadeSelfStoriesHomeKidsBeautifulRealizingTreeWindOne DayBiggerIndependentBlowBranchesLook UpBagsDelusionArrogantFierceFlashMagnificentLeafsSelf CenteredSelf MadeRakesOld Trees Author:Chuck Lorre
“Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody.” PeopleWantBookStatesInspirationKidsSchoolTreeStreetsQuietPolitePublic SchoolBackyardsSpiritedMinnesotaThaiJackpotThai Food Author:Garrison Keillor
“I grew up as a tomboy. I was always barefoot, running races with the guys on the block, climbing trees, and beating kids up.” RunningKidsGuyRaceTreeGrewGrew UpBlockClimbingBarefootRunning RaceClimbing Trees Author:Edie Falco
“I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.” KidsTodayLife IsHouseWorryTreeFasterFishingBike Author:John Lasseter