It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place.

It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place.

You know how some people seem to think that their love for classical music makes them spiritual or at least something quite special? And others who think you are a monster if you don't 'love children,' however obnoxious the children may be? Well, I found out that many people who love flowers look down on those who don't.

Working in the garden . . . gives me a profound feeling of inner peace. Nothing here is in a hurry. There is no rush toward accomplishment, no blowing of trumpets. Here is the great mystery of life and growth. Everything is changing, growing, aiming at something, but silently, unboastfully, taking its time.

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet in a garden.

The unmulched garden looks to me like some naked thing which for one reason or another would be better off with a few clothes on.

Farmers are philosophical. They have learned that it is less wearing to shrug than to beat their breasts.