“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful!' and sitting in the shade.”

“All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.”

“She belongs to the winter that is past, to the darkness that is over, and has no part or lot in the life I shall lead for the next six months. Oh, I could dance and sing for joy that the spring is here! What a resurrection of beauty there is in my garden, and of brightest hope in my heart.”

“The most beautiful garden is always the one that we have made it with our own efforts!”

“I think that her life was about finding the extraordinary in every day. It was how she could sit in her garden on a rainy day and see the beauty in it. It's what got her out of bed every morning.”

“I try to find the beauty in things. On dark days I sit in my armchair looking at clouds and I am awed at how rain is made.”