It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for read more

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

The seed waits for its garden or ground where it will be sown.

The seed waits for its garden or ground where it will be sown.

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

A single rose can be my garden . . . a single friend, my world.

A single rose can be my garden . . . a single friend, my world.

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as read more

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is read more

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.