This sounds a lot like the phrase that was used in Tyler Perry's play, um, what was it? Oh, where she goes to jail, Medea goes to jail. Um, because one of the main characters is having issues with his life and Medea tells him about these three type of people, which is exactly in this quote, the leaf, the branches and the root people. So anyway, back to the point, I do agree with this quote, it's a very interesting quote, you know, you have those people that come and go.