As a boy, I had two small aquaria in our backyard in which…

That night, like every other night since I’d met her, I curled Grace into my arms, listening to her parents’ muffled movements in the…

— Maggie Stiefvater

How can I be kind? How can I find bird-relief in the nest-building of day-to-day? Necessity supplies no velvet wing with which to escape.…

— Elizabeth Smart

Sometimes, I wonder where we older women fit into the social scheme of things once nest-building has lost its charm.

— Sue Hubbell

Im in the backyard painting a big blue square so google earth thinks I have a swimming pool.

— Anonymous

Even at an early age, I rebelled against my strict upbringing. When I was 9, I built myself a 'make-out fort' in our backyard…

— Azita Ghanizada

“We can’t be fully transformed in our own backyard. We need to journey.”

— Seth Barnes, Sr

My parents wanted us to be pool-safe, so I had lessons when I was 18 months old. I would like to share with all…

— Summer Sanders

By the time I was twelve, I had started my own theater company and was doing plays in the backyard and the front yard…

— Carrie Preston

The first sort of big present I remember getting from Santa Claus was quite a small telescope that I remember going into our backyard…

— Chelsea Clinton

I skied on Astroturf and PVC pipe on the slope in my backyard.

— Nick Goepper

Sometimes I think my past life was unrealized. I met a tragic end - it might have been a car over a cliff. But…

— Christine Ebersole

I wouldn't support Limp Bizkit being on some snuff backyard brawling, fighting contest.

— Fred Durst

If you start beating opponents in their backyard is when you give yourself a chance to remain No.1.

— Gautam Gambhir

Some would call me an environmentalist. I don't know why. I reuse the water that falls in my backyard in the winter. I reuse…

— Ed Begley, Jr

It would be awesome to play in my backyard.

— Ashleigh Barty