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“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”

“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”

“Gardening is one of the rewards of middle age, when one is ready for an impersonal passion, a passion that demands patience, acute awareness of a world outside oneself, and the power to keep on growing through all the times of drought, through the cold snows, towards those moments of pure joy when all failures are forgotten and the plum tree flowers.”

“Fair, rich confusion is all the aim of an old-fashioned flower garden, and the greater the confusion, the richer. You want to come upon mignonnette in unexpected places, and to find sprays of heliotrope in close consultation with your roses, and geraniums sporting their uniforms like gay recruits off duty.”

“The rich, sweet smell of the hayricks rose to his chamber window; the hundred perfumes of the little flower-garden beneath scented the air around; the deep-green meadows shone in the morning dew that glistened on every leaf as it trembled in the gentle air: and the birds sang as if every sparkling drop were a fountain of inspiration to them.”

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

“It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.”

“To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.”

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”

“Don't accuse me of being morbid when I'm merely the product of a culture that buries the bones of the ones they love in pretty, manicured flower gardens so they can keep them nearby and go talk to them whenever they feel troubled or depressed. That's morbid. Not to mention bizarre. Dogs bury bones, too.”

“So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”

“I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet in a garden.”

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”