“A visitor to a garden sees the successes, usually. The gardener remembers mistakes and losses, some for a long time, and imagines the garden in a year, and in an unimaginable future.”
― What Is a Garden?
― What Is a Garden?
“In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors.”
― Since You've Been Gone
― Since You've Been Gone
“I don't like the rain forest," Ragnor said sadly.
"That's because you are not open to new experiences in the same way I am!"
"No, it is because it is wetter than a boar's armpit and twice as smelly here."
Magnus pushed a dripping frond out of his eyes. "I admit you make an excellent point and also paint a vivid picture with your words.”
― The Bane Chronicles
"That's because you are not open to new experiences in the same way I am!"
"No, it is because it is wetter than a boar's armpit and twice as smelly here."
Magnus pushed a dripping frond out of his eyes. "I admit you make an excellent point and also paint a vivid picture with your words.”
― The Bane Chronicles
“That bowl of soup—it was dearer than freedom, dearer than life itself, past, present, and future.”
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
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