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1 " I would sometimes see them among the trees, as I did this particular day. They did not come near and never said a word. They stood silently among the shadows. "
― Chris Priestley , Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror (Tales of Terror, #1)
2 " Give me a funeral over a wedding any day,.' said Uncle Montague with a sigh. 'The conversation is almost always superior. "
3 " Does something amuse you?' asked Uncle Montague.'I was merely reminding myself, Uncle, that I am getting too old to be so easily frightened by stories.''Really?' said Uncle Montague with a worrying degree of doubt in his voice. 'You think there is an age at which you might become immune to fear? "
4 " From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without trees. "
5 " I stood a little self-consciously. I was of an age when I was still unsure of myself in such formal matters as greetings and partings. "
6 " But I am English and have spent my life at one of the finest schools in the country. I could take a beating. "
7 " But why worship a tree?' I said.'I can think of many things less deserving of worship,' he replied. 'Look at how long some trees have been alive. Think of what they have seen. Why, there are yew trees in churchyards that may be more than a thousand years old; older still than the ancient church nearby. Their roots are in one millennium and their branches in another. "
8 " And where should mankind be without trees? "
