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“The incarnate Word is with us, is still speaking, is present always, yet leaves no sign but everything that is.”

Book:This Day: New and Collected Sabbath Poems 1979 - 2012

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This Day: New and Collected Sabbath Poems 1979 - 2012

This book is a compilation of Sabbath-themed poems spanning three decades, showcasing the author's poetic evolution over time. more

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Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry, an American novelist born on August 5, 1934, is renowned for his profound descriptions of rural life and his critical views on modern industrial civilization. more

“Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.”

Ifs Way Feels Should Believe Humans May Has Beens Facts Culture Attitude Media Expression Mass Garden Opposites Human Life Gardening If You Believe Mass Media Crass

Author:Andrew Weil

“I do not envy the owners of very large gardens. The garden should fit its owner or his or her tastes, just as one's clothes do; it should be neither too large nor too small, but just comfortable.”

Should Fit Taste Comfortable Clothes Garden Envy Owners

Author:Gertrude Jekyll

“Those who plant trees plant hope.”

Tree Garden Plant Plant A Tree

Author:Lucy Larcom

“My garden, with its silence and pulses of fragrance that come and go on the airy undulations, affects me like sweet music. Care stops at the gates, and gazes at me wistfully through the bars.”

Care Nature Silence Sweet Goes On Garden Smell Bars Gates Scent Fragrance Pulse Comes And Goes Airy Sweet Music

Book:Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country

Source: Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country

“To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes, to learn something of her choicest secrets, and to have a more intelligent interest awakened in the beautiful order of her works elsewhere.”

Hands Beautiful Order Process Interest Nature Secret Garden Intelligent Elsewhere Awakened Hand In Hand

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things.”

Interest Natural Garden Familiar Novelty Familiar Things

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

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