One does not "find oneself" by pursuing one's self, but on the contrary by pursuing something else and learning through discipline or routine. . . who one is and wants to be.

When it comes to the important things one is always alone.

It is a waste of time to see people who have only a social surface to show. I will make every effort to find out the real person, but if I can't, then I am upset and cross. Time wasted is poison.

He [the cat] wound himself around her legs, purring the purr of ardent desire like a kettle coming to a boil and then bubbling very fast.

gardening is a madness, a folly that does not go away with age. Quite the contrary.

Your poems will happen when no one is there.

True gardeners cannot bear a glove Between the sure touch and the tender root.