For after all we make our faces as we go along.

A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.

Family life! The United Nations is child's play compared to the tugs and splits and need to understand and forgive in any family.

Love is our human miracle.

It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength.

Whatever peace I know rests in the natural world, in feeling myself a part of it, even in a small way.

Flowers and plants are silent presences. They nourish every sense except the ear.