There is always something else to do. A gardener should have nine times as many lives as a cat.

Things were not tragic for us then, because although we cared passionately we didn't care deeply.

It is dreadful how I miss you, and everything that everybody says seems flat and stupid.

The wise traveler is he who is perpetually surprised.

The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before.

Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens, When I have no engagements written on my block, When no one comes to disturb my inward peace, When no one comes to take me away from myself And turn me into a patchwork, a jig-saw puzzle, A broken mirror that once gave a whole reflection, Being so contrived that it takes too long a time To get myself back to myself when they have gone.

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.