“ Loneliness is the poverty of self solitude is the richness of self. ”

“ In the country of pain we are each alone. ”

“ The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters. ”

“ Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. ”

“ Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers. ”

“ Most people have to talk so they won't hear. ”

“ A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless. ”

“ No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable. ”

“ The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become. ”

“ We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. ”