Am I accurately reporting what I see in such a blossom? The answer is no ... and yes.

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.

If the universe is made of information then, we are moving from a state of profound truth to a state of meaningless gibberish.

Camus and Henry waved to me from that muddy truck. They both wanted me to get over myself.So, this was me, getting over myself. And it was about time.

If someone tells me that I've hurt their feelings, I say, 'I'm still waiting to hear what your point is.

I didn't belong in this world anymore. It's not that I wanted to be dead, I just felt like I should be.

A slight concussion of the brain simplifies matters so beautifully.("Three O'Clock")

The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.

God breathes through us so completely...So gently we hardly feel it...yet it is our everything.

Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.

Working on stage is really a great voice developer.