The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood tre…

George Orwell
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The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost and with almost no trouble, and if the tree takes root it will far outlive the visible effect of any of your other actions, good or evil. ✨ George Orwell (2009). Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays, p.221, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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