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“Winter is the king of showmen, Turning tree stumps into snowmen And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes. Smooth and clean and frosty white, The world looks good enough to bite. That’s the season to be young, Catching snowflakes on your tongue. Snow is snowy when it’s snowing, I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.”

“If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.”

Ifs Men Would Be Artist Tree He Man Flower Kings Photography Paint Photographer Surface

Book:The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

Source: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

“Ring-ting! I wish I were a primrose, A bright yellow primrose blowing in the spring! The stooping boughs above me, The wandering bee to love me, The fern and moss to creep across, And the elm-tree for our king!”

Wish Tree Kings Spring Rings Wander Yellow Bees Creeps Moss Ferns Elm Trees

Book:The music master, a love story, and two series of Day and night songs

Source: The music master, a love story, and two series of Day and night songs

“The resurrection is the revelation to chosen witnesses of the fact that Jesus who died on the cross is indeed king - conqueror of death and sin, Lord and Savior of all. The resurrection is not the reversal of a defeat but the proclamation of a victory. The King reigns from the tree. The reign of God has indeed come upon us, and its sign is not a golden throne but a wooden cross.”

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Author:Lesslie Newbigin

“If a painting of a tree was only the exact representation of the original, so that it looked just like the tree, there would be no reason for making it; we might as well look at the tree itself. But the painting, if it is of the right sort, gives something that neither a photograph nor a view of the tree conveys. It emphasizes something of character, quality, individuality. We are not lost in looking at thorns and defects; we catch a vision of the grandeur and beauty of a king of the forest.”

“The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king.”

Thinking Looks Kind Stills Tree Wind Kings Forests Chairs Grandmother Old Trees Rocking Chairs Dozing

Author:Billy Wilder

“The attendant on William Rufus, who discharged at a deer an arrow, which glanced against a tree and killed the king, was no murderer, because he had no such design. And, on the other hand, a man who should lie in wait to assassinate another, and pull the trigger of a gun with that intent, would be morally a murderer, not the less though the gun should chance to miss fire.”

Men Should Hands Would Be Lying Waiting Chance Fire Tree Missing Design Kings Gun Motive Murderer Arrows Triggers Deer

Book:Introductory Lessons on Morals, and Christian Evidences

Source: Introductory Lessons on Morals, and Christian Evidences

“There's a natural tendency to sanitize and polish any historical icon whether it be George Washington chopping down the cherry tree or Martin Luther King saying, "I have a dream."”

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Author:Taylor Branch

“The bay-trees in our country are all withered, And meteors fright the fixèd stars of heaven. The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth, And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change. Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap; The one in fear to lose what they enjoy, The other to enjoy by rage and war. These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.”

Men Looks War Country Earth Fall Heaven Stars Enjoy Loses Rich Tree Kings Moon Rage Our Country Prophet Leap Fearful Pale Bloody Rich Man Fright Withered Meteors Ruffian

Book:The Oxford Shakespeare: Richard II

Source: The Oxford Shakespeare: Richard II

“Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction.”

Men House Doubt Tree Kings Destruction Another Man Counselor

Author:Chanakya

“Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry or in high cold towers asking questions of the stars. And so the kingdom of Gondor sank into ruin, the line of kings failed, the white tree withered and the rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men.”

Men House Names Given Stars Lines White Lord Tree Son Cold Kings Built Asking Kingdoms Ruins Sat Halls Towers Splendid Tombs Descent Asking Questions Musings Withered Gondor

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

“A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire." "With your Majesty's leave-" began Reepicheep. "No, Reepicheep," said the King very firmly, "you are not to attempt a single combat with it.”

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Book:The voyage of the Dawn Treader

Source: The voyage of the Dawn Treader

“Those two are carved from the same tree." the queen said. By the same blade." The high king answered and offered her his arm in splendid dignity”

Said Two Tree Arms Kings Dignity Queens Blades Splendid

Author:Victoria Hanley

“This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.”

Hard Time Tree Flower Kings Mountain Beats Bird All Things Stones Towns Ruins Meals Beast Iron Bites Steel Grind Riddle

Book:The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition