Lexlingua

“Only through pain can you be sure of the truth”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“Costis, I am speechless!"
"Not noticeably, Your Majesty.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“One species, Salix babylonica – the weeping willow – got its name from a mistranslation of Psalm 137: ‘By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion, Upon the willows in the midst of it, We hung our harps.”
― Jonathan Drori, Around the World in 80 Trees:

“Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.”
― Patricia A. McKillip