#twig

First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf. ↗

— Martin Luther

#branch #climb #each #fall #first

As the twig is bent the tree inclines. ↗

— Virgil

#inclines #tree #twig

Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig. ↗

— Milos Forman

#czechs #doing #drowning #even #grabbing

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off. ↗

— Carl Jung

#dangerous #easily #fruits #hang #humanity

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#die #faithfully #grown #i #i do

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#grown #i #last #me #placed

I don't normally look like a twig and I do eat like a pig but the weight has just dropped off me. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#eat #i #i do #just #like

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong. ↗

— Tecumseh

#breaks #bundle #single #strong #twig

No nose hair. Ever. You'd be surprised at all the little twigs sticking out. I just can't get it. How can you see that and not just want to hack it off? ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#get #hack #hair #how #i

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old. ↗

— John C. Hawkes

#lime #made #old #people #them