“Trees are great. Don't get me started about how clever they are, how o...” — Ali Smith Quote

“Trees are great. Don't get me started about how clever they are, how oxygen-generous, how time-formed in inner cyclic circles, how they provide homes for myriad creatures, how - back when this country was covered in forests - the word for sky was an Old English word that meant 'tops of trees.'”

“Amazing to be thinking those words together again:”

“I wished that my own bones were unbound, I wished they were mingling, picked clean by fish, with the bones of another body, a body my bones and heart and soul had loved with unfathomable certainty for decades, and both of us down deep now, lost to everything but the fact of bare bones on a dark seabed.”

“When I go to gaming circles on I'm a 'God of War' guy. I'm in horror circles, I'm 'The Walking Dead' guy. In sci-fi, yes, there's 'Battlestar,' but there's also weird fare, like '10 Cloverfield Lane.' 'Outlander' is a historical epic, and there's 'Black Sails.'”

“Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.”

“We never saw Google+ Circles or Facebook Lists as reflective of the way our friendships play out.”