Jun Nguyễn

“There's a Chinese saying. 'When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago.' "
The Chinese engineer smiles. "Good one."
" 'When is the next best time? Now.' "
"Ah! Okay!" The smile turns real. Until today, he has never planted anything. But Now, that next best of times, is long, and rewrites everything.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

“Trees have long been trying to reach us. But they speak on frequencies too low for people to hear.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

“At the present time, I long only to sleep and to remain silent. I am sick of humanity.”
― Albert Camus, Correspondence

“The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory