"If these trees were suddenly to start walking, they would destroy everything in their path. But they choose to remain where they are...and instead of rage or fear, a silent tenacity possesses them. Animals flee or attack; trees stay firmly planted where they are. Patience: the heroism of plants."
----Octavio Paz, The Monkey Grammarian (New York: Seaver Books, 1981), pp. 5-6.
