“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party ...”
“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.”
“On the day of the party I walked down to Covent Garden at lunchtime to buy a dress, and on my way to Boules I thought I would just stop off for a moment at Books etc.”
“Reading books about gardens is a potent pastime; books nourish a gardener's mind in the same way as manure nourishes plants.”
“Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.”
“The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden. It ends with Revelations.”