“To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world.”
― A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm
― A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm
“Anyone can buy a flower, but it takes more to grow one and let its beauty live on.”
― The Magic of Nature: Meditations & Spells to Find Your Inner Voice
― The Magic of Nature: Meditations & Spells to Find Your Inner Voice
“No matter the state of the world, or how dark the shadow that has fallen on our city, I find it curiously comforting to know that if you plant a seed and give it sunlight and water, it will grow.”
― All the Flowers in Paris
― All the Flowers in Paris
“You can get attached to plants when you lose faith in people.”
― 5,000 Kilometers Per Second
― 5,000 Kilometers Per Second
“For you little gardener and lover of trees, I have only a small gift. Here is set G for Galadriel, but it may stand for garden in your tongue. In this box there is earth from my orchard, and such blessing as Galadriel has still to bestow is upon it. It will not keep you on your road, nor defend you against any peril; but if you keep it and see your home again at last, then perhaps it may reward you. Though you should find all barren and laid waste, there will be few gardens in Middle-earth that will bloom like your garden, if you sprinkle this earth there. Then you may remember Galadriel, and catch a glimpse far off of Lórien, that you have seen only in our winter. For our spring and our summer are gone by, and they will never be seen on earth again save in memory.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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