Italo Calvino

Cosimo di Rondó, a young Italian nobleman of the eighteenth century, rebels against his parents by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an existence in the forest canopy—he hunts, sows crops, plays games with earth-bound friends, fights forest fires, solves engineering problems, and even manages to have love affairs. From his perch in the trees, Cosimo sees the Age of Enlightenment pass by and a new century dawn.

The Baron in the Trees

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Rebecca Lum

… it made him understand a lot about lonelines, which was to be of use to him later in life […] he always carried with him the strange image of the Cavalier, as a warning of what can happen to a man who separates his own fate from others, and he managed to never be like him.

taylor miles hopkins

…friend at once of his neighbor, of nature, and of himself.

…because he considered books a little like birds and didn't want to see them still or caged; otherwise, he said, they grew sad. 

He understood this: that associations make man stronger and bring out the individual's best talents, and offer the joy, rarely felt if we remain on our own, of seeing how many honest and good and capable people there are, for whom is worthwhile to wish for good things (whereas if we live on our own, the contrary more often happens, of seeing people's other face, the one that causes us to keep our hand on the hilt guard of our sword).

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