roots Quotes

“Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.”

Daddy’s too wrung out to help Billie Jo much, and there’s no one else to care. So Billie Joe must head herself - even if it means tearing up her roots, and leaving behind everything she’s ever known.

“The last man—who has freed himself from all belief, from all illusions and has nothing more to expect or to fear—sees the clay of which he is made reduced to spirit, and this spirit has no soil left for its roots, from which to draw its sap.”

“All have dreamed of a new life with more money. Having no roots or families, people were brought together by money making. Networking and famous connections were often ultimately business based.”

“The children of the forest live deep in the roots of an old pine tree. They collect wild mushrooms and blueberries and shelter under toadstools when it rains.”