F. Scott Fitzgerald Novelist “He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths - so that he could 'come over' some afternoon to a stranger's garden.” Years Garden Afternoon ♥ 6
F. Scott Fitzgerald Novelist “Isn't Hollywood a dump-in the human sense of the word. A hideous town, pointed up by the insulting gardens of its rich, full of the human spirit at a new low of debasement.” Garden Hollywood Insulting ♥ 6
J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar “I am in fact a hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated).” Tree Garden Dull Days ♥ 6
Oscar Wilde Writer “Good heavens, I suppose a man may eat his own muffins in his own garden." "But you have just said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins!" "I said it was perfectly heartless of YOU under the circumstances. That is a very different thing." "That may be, but the muffins are the same!” Men Heaven Garden ♥ 6
Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author “In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden and they abandon their values.” Beautiful Past Garden ♥ 6
Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author “While drinking, while talking, while writing, while watering our garden, it's always possible to practice living in the here and the now.” Writing Garden Drinking ♥ 6
Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator “I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.” Giving Garden Meditation ♥ 6
Margaret Fuller Transcendentalist, Writer “The public must learn how to cherish the nobler and rarer plants, and to plant the aloe, able to wait a hundred years for it's bloom, or it's garden will contain, presently, nothing but potatoes and pot-herbs.” Years Garden Learning ♥ 6
Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist “What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.” Light Reading Garden ♥ 6
GP Greg Peterson Athlete “No matter where you are you can grow something to eat. Shift your thinking and you'd be surprised at the places your food can be grown! Window sill, fire escape and rooftop gardens have the same potential to provide impressive harvests as backyard gardens, greenhouses and community spaces.” Thinking Space Garden ♥ 6
