"A garden is half made when it is well planned."

-- Liberty Hyde Bailey

#Garden Quotes #Half Quotes #Made Quotes

“A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.”

Source : Paul Bowles (2002). “The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House”
“Work efficiently during office hours and leave on time. Give the required time to your family, friends & have proper rest. Value has a value only if its value is valued.”
“I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.”

Source : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.156
“I love to go get fireworks, even though some of them are illegal.”
“Anna, falling in love with you was like coming home to a place I didn't realize I'd been missing all my life. You're the only person I've ever known who accepts me for who I am, right in this moment, faults and all, and isn't waiting for me to become someone else.”

Source : Jennifer Chiaverini (2011). “The Wedding Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel”, p.83, Penguin
“Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.”

Source : "La Villeggiatura", I, 12, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 182-83, 1922.
“The moon is at her crystal window / Spinning and weaving ...”

Source : Hilda Conkling (1924). “Silverhorn: The Hilda Conkling Book for Other Children”
“The BBC said I could stay on air until I was named. Well, I was named within the week. So I made no broadcasts after I'd been arrested, and the BBC stopped paying me at precisely the time when I needed the money most.”

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