leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.
The sorrows of children are profound and unsuspected.
If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.
Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.
A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.
the large black slugs ... come out at dusk. Enormous slugs. As big as crocodiles. So huge we need a gun to shoot them. And by the end of the summer, if they go on growing, we shall have to go out in pairs together for protection.