Memory is the only friend of grief.
The best would be to have friends who came and went away; but if I had to choose between their never coming or never going away, I think I would choose that they do not come.
It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done.
in California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs.
You must remember garden catalogues are as big liars as house-agents.
A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna