“[Gardening] is a means by which you can attain many valuable hours of solitude without being thought unsociable.” MeanHoursSolitudeValuableGardening Book:A pocketful of pebbles Source: A pocketful of pebbles
“Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his own running commentary on the preposterous and bewildering events of the hour: and this, nowadays, is what passes for conversation.” MindFeelingsHappensRunningHoursSocietyEventsConversationCrisisThings HappenSoilDisturbedCommentary Book:Mrs. Miniver Source: Mrs. Miniver