Quotes
‘Wait a minute. All that was for one tree?’
‘It was only one tree, but it was two hundred years old. And, remember, the tree’s only crime was to grow directly in front of the view some corporate fat cat wanted to enjoy two weeks a year when he holidayed here.’
‘You spent six months working to save one tree.’
‘You’re missing the point, Callum. Yes it was one tree. But it represented something to this community, and we stopped one guy and his big fat chequebook from demolishing it. And you know what? In a hundred years’ time that developer will be long gone and the tree will still be there. And we did that.’
‘It was only one tree, but it was two hundred years old. And, remember, the tree’s only crime was to grow directly in front of the view some corporate fat cat wanted to enjoy two weeks a year when he holidayed here.’
‘You spent six months working to save one tree.’
‘You’re missing the point, Callum. Yes it was one tree. But it represented something to this community, and we stopped one guy and his big fat chequebook from demolishing it. And you know what? In a hundred years’ time that developer will be long gone and the tree will still be there. And we did that.’
you can’t go to the beach and not stand in the waves—it’s against the law you know
It was absolutely not love at first sight.
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