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Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

— Hal Borland

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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.

Sundial of the Seasons (1964)

You fight dandelions all week-end, and late Monday afternoon there they are, pert as all get out, in full and gorgeous bloom, pretty as can be, thriving as only dandelions can in the face of adversity.

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