To stand by the beds at sunrise and see the flowers awake is a heavenly delight.

I wonder what spendthrift chose to spill Such a bright gold under my windowsill! Is it fair gold? Does it glitter still? Bless me! It's a daffodil!

Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget That sunrise never failed us yet.

Already the dandelions Are changed into vanishing ghosts.

When in these fresh mornings I go into my garden before any one is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness.

There shall be an eternal summer in the grateful heart.

Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made.

It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description repulsive, a mass of sooty, shapeless slime, and he devours everything.

Ever since I could remember anything, flowers have been like dear friends to me, comforters, inspirers, powers to uplift and to cheer.

This very act of planting a seed in the earth has in it to me something beautiful. I always do it with a joy that is largely mixed with awe.

When the snow is still blowing against the window-pane in January and February and the wild winds are howling without, what pleasure it is to plan for summer that is to be.

As long as you know who you are, and see what makes you happy, it doesn't matte how others see you

All the strangest things are true.

Since when do you look out for me? You really have grown up.""Had to happen sometime, " I say.

Do not starve your soul while you indulge your body. That is dressing the shadow.

The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

I would like to do my own eulogy, and then shoot myself and then get in the coffin.

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

I'm so southern Ohio. And Cleveland is a different world, you know?

If it would not look too much like showing off, I would tell the reader where New Zealand is.

The reason why people don't get called back to sequels is because they did badly in the original [movie].