“We must cultivate our garden. Furia to God one day in seven allots; The other six to scandal she devotes. Satan, by false devotion never flammed, Bets six to one, that Furia will be damned.” ResponsibilityOne DaySixGardenOptimismSevenDevotionSatanScandal Author:Horace Walpole
“As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where its packed every night, theres nothing like it.” NightPlayerTeamSixGardenOriginalsHockeySquaresEvery NightMadisonHockey PlayerMadison Square Garden Author:Carl Hagelin
“The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.” YearsFirstsStillsCitiesPaintingSixGardenDelightRealisedSix Year OldsMadrid Author:Carolina Herrera
“She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies in her yard after learning that they lived for only a few days. Her mother had comforted her and told her not to be sad for the butterflies, that just because their lives were short didn't mean they were tragic. Watching them flying in the warm sun among the daisies in their garden, her mother had said to her, see, they have a beautiful life. Alice liked remembering that.” LifeMeanSaidBeautifulRememberMotherSunFateCrySixGardenSevenWarmFlyingRememberedTragicButterflyYardsBeautiful LifeDaisies Author:Lisa Genova
“I've got six months to sort out the hackers, get the Japanese knotweed under control and find an acceptable form of narcissus.” FormMonthsSixGardenAcceptableGardeningSix MonthsHackersNarcissus Book:Lost in a Good Book Source: Lost in a Good Book
“She belongs to the winter that is past, to the darkness that is over, and has no part or lot in the life I shall lead for the next six months. Oh, I could dance and sing for joy that the spring is here! What a ressurection of beauty there is in my garden, and of brightest hope in my heart.” HeartPastJoyNextDarknessMonthsMy HeartSixSpringGardenWinterSix MonthsSpring Is Here Book:Elizabeth and Her German Garden Source: Elizabeth and Her German Garden
“Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination. You are always living three, or indeed six, months hence. I believe that people entirely devoid of imagination never can be really good gardeners. To be content with the present, and not striving about the future, is fatal.” PeopleBelieveTimeThreeBeliefI BelieveInterestImaginationMemoriesHalfMonthsExerciseSixGardenSeasonsConstantStriveCyclesAnticipationTimingSix MonthsGardenerTimeliness Author:Alice Morse Earle
“With six small diamonds for his eyes He walks upon the summer skies, Drawing from his silken blouse The lacework of his dwelling house.” EyeHouseWalksSkySixSummerGardenDrawingHis EyesDiamondDwellingBlouses Author:Robert P. T. Coffin