Famous quotes containing the words minor, tree and/or damage:
“For a country to have a great writer ... is like having another government. Thats why no rĂ©gime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.”
—Alexander Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918)
“Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“I came to explore the wreck.
The words are purposes.
The words are maps.
I came to see the damage that was done
and the treasures that prevail.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)