“We should be happy to see toads in our gardens.”
“[Marianne Moore's definition of genuine poetry] -- Imaginary gardens with real toads in them.”
“Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form.”
“All that in this delightful garden grows, should happy be and have immortal bliss.”
“But happiness ... happiness grows at our own firesides,' she said. 'It is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.”
“. . . happiness grows at our own firesides, . . . . It is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.”