All gardeners need to know when to accept something wonderful and unexpected, taking no credit except for letting it be.

We quickly discovered that two kittens were much more fun than one.

I suppose that for most people one of the darker joys of gardening is that once you've got started it's not at all hard to find someone who knows a little bit less than you.

I cannot walk into our garden without constantly being reminded of the friends who have shared their plants.

Gardening transcends everything that otherwise divides us.

I know of no common interest that exceeds gardening as a source of lifelong friendships, nor as a means of making new friends almost constantly.

Plants are the original chemists. Their sophistication makes DuPont and Monsanto look like little kids with chemistry sets.

A powerful hand lens [Eschenback Leutchlupe] with a focused beam of light opens up an entire world below the threshold of the ordinary experience of seeing.

Crabgrass is aptly descriptive of this hated weed, for it does scuttle quickly through a lawn.

We can plant to suit the needs of the birds and other wildlife that find a haven and a habitat on our home ground, and we can understand that to do so is a moral dictate, not a personal whim.

But there is one place where a person can make choices that will lead in a small way toward greater sanity in dealing with the natural order. That place is the private garden.

The wisdom of LIFE eludes even the best...For those who pass the test Life is a fest, While, its forever, A battle for the rest..

Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.

In the world of words, one of my best-loved tribes is the diatribe.

A lot of times, the script is the thing they care about least.

When you're with somebody for some years, sometimes you need a break from 'em. You grow in different directions.

A busy person is usually the most efficient because they know how to manage their time. That's something I learned through dancing all through school and all throughout my life.

My idea of village SWARAJ is that is a complete republic, independent of its neighbors for its own vital wants, and yet interdependent for many others which dependence is a necessity.

~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~

Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.

Sexualization is the performance of sexuality, the performance of sexiness. Girls are super good at that now.