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“But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees and wild plants and grasses had sprung up under the protection of the trees we had placed there.

The trees had multiplied! They were moving. In one small corner of the world, Grandfather's dream was coming true and the trees were moving again.”
― Ruskin Bond, Rusty: The Boy from the Hill

“Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,' she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. 'What nice dreams they must have!”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“Their life is mysterious, it is like a forest; from far off it seems a unity, it can be comprehended, described, but closer it begins to separate, to break into light and shadow, the density blinds one. Within there is no form, only prodigious detail that reaches everywhere: exotic sounds, spills of sunlight, foliage, fallen trees, small beasts that flee at the sound of a twig-snap, insects, silence, flowers.
And all of this, dependent, closely woven, all of it is deceiving. There are really two kinds of life. There is, as Viri says, the one people believe you are living, and there is the other. It is this other which causes the trouble, this other we long to see.”
― James Salter, Light Years

“I never thought about how important the sky was until I didn't have one.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“(D)reams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they're never real. They're never real, and I hate them because they aren't.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“This is the secret of the stars, I tell myself. In the end, we are alone. No matter how close you seem, no one else can touch you. ~ Amy”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“It is like a piece of my soul had been lost, empty, and it is now filled with the light of a million stars.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“And in her smile I see something more beautiful than the stars.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“But...If my life on Earth must end, let it end with a promise.
Let it end with hope.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“For a moment, he looks back at me, and his farewell is in his smile. Then he turns to the stars.

And he is gone.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“I want to take her into my arms and hold her tight. But at the same time, I know that is the exact opposite of what she wants. She wants to be free, and all I want is to hold her tight against me. ~ Elder”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“Maybe the secret of the stars has nothing to do with being alone.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“The glitter in the sky looks as if I could scoop it all up in my hands and let the stars swirl and touch one another but they are so distant so very far apart that they cannot feel the warmth of each other even though they are made of burning.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“Sorry? Sorry? Sorry isn't enough. Every. Single. Thing. I ever loved is beyond my reach now. Everything I ever wanted. Everything I ever was.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“I could tell them about the different kinds of rain, pouring rain that's perfect for when you want to stay inside and watch a movie or read, or piercing rain that feels like needles on your skin, or soft summer rain that makes your first kiss with your first love all the sweeter. ~ Amy”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“Will you stay with me?" I whisper.
"Always.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes. It must pass....”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“I am as silent as death.
Do this: Go to your bedroom. Your nice, safe, warm bedroom that is not a glass coffin behind a morgue door. Lie down on your bed not made of ice. Stick your fingers in your ears. Do you hear that? The pulse of life from your heart, the slow in-and-out from your lungs? Even when you are silent, even when you block out all noise, your body is still a cacophony of life. Mine is not. It is the silence that drives me mad. The silence that drives the nightmares to me.
Because what if I am dead?”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“It's always in the rain...”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“And there is nothing between us but rain.
Then there is nothing between us at all.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“And I look at Harley, and the billions of stars are in his eyes, and he's drinking them up, pouring them into his soul.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“I've never seen the stars before.
And I never knew they were so beautiful.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“I will never, never be the same.
I have seen stars.
Real stars.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“I
quit
thinking.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“You must dedicate your whole life to this idea: you are the caretaker of every single person on this ship. They are your responsibility.
You can never show weakness in front of them: you are their strength.
You can never let them see you in despair: you are their hope.
You must always be everything to everyone on board.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe