Melissa Ramer

“trees of different species show solidarity with one another regardless of their differences, which is more than you can say for so many humans.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“I’m trying to tell you the truth, so let me be clear: I didn’t want this lemonade. My kids didn’t want this lemonade. This lemonade was not worth the lemons. And yet, the lemons were mine. I had to make something from them, so I did. I wrote. I’ll drink to that.”
― Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful

“Trees might not have eyes but we have vision.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“Time is a songbird, and just like any other songbird it can be taken captive. It can be held prisoner in a cage and for even longer than you might think possible. But time cannot be kept in check in perpetuity. No captivity is forever.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees