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Palm Trees Quotes

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Victoria Kahler
“A slight breeze cooled the Hawaiian spring air, swaying the branches of palm trees, which cast black silhouettes against the purple and orange colors of the twilight sky.”
Victoria Kahler, Capturing the Sunset

Jack Kerouac
“I suddenly realized I was in California. Warm, palmy air - air you can kiss - and palms.”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Francine Pascal
“Jessica stopped a few feet away so that Ken could get an optimal view of her body posed against the seductive backdrop of the sea, sand, and palm trees.”
Francine Pascal, Lost at Sea

Jude Watson
“Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.”
Jude Watson

Lawrence Norfolk
“As he lifted the leather-bound cover, the musty smell of paper rose up. He turned the first mottled leaf and looked down at an elaborately drawn image. A brimming goblet was decorated with curling vines and bunches of grapes. But instead of wine or water, the cup was filled with words.
John stared at the alien symbols. He could not read. Around the goblet a strange garden grew. Honeycombs dripped and flowers like crocuses sprouted among thick-trunked trees. Vines draped themselves about their branches which bristled with leaves and bent under heavy bunches of fruit. In the far background John spied a roof with a tall chimney. His mother settled beside him.
'Palm trees...' she said. 'These are dates. Honey came from the hives and saffron came from these flowers. Grapes swelled on the vine...”
Lawrence Norfolk, John Saturnall's Feast

Meg Cabot
“I know they have palm trees in Southern California. I mean I'm not a complete moron, I've watched 90210, and everything.”
Meg Cabot, Shadowland

“The sight of a palm tree silhouetted against the sky made even his life feel like a movie”
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

Simona Moroni
“After the introduction, Elki pointed at the palm trees. “Ever seen something so stunning?”
“Please,” I said, “I hate those trees. They grow on and on. Keep going, with nothing sucking their strength like normal trees and their branches. Selfish bastards.”
“Wow. Don’t trip. There.”
Simona Moroni, Hollywood Daze

A.D. Aliwat
“A big storm wouldn’t be a big storm without some palm trees blowing around.”
A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

Soroosh Shahrivar
“I look at a palm tree and see strength and perseverance. How else could this tree stand tall in such arid land?”
Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

Fiona McCulloch
“The case of Ballantyne's The Coral Island is instructive, for the author had never seen a coral island, or, indeed, a palm tree, or a coconut, and his novel is a construction out of his reading of other books, some of which are pillaged to the point of plagarism. The textual bricolage is matched by the ironic presentation of the imperial values which it is generally assumed the book exists to promote: a pirate by the name of 'Bloody Bill' is allowed to articulate how useful religion is to the advancement of trade (and plunder).”
Fiona McCulloch, The International Companion to the Scottish Novel