“The first time I saw my father-in-law's cotton, I though of the Original Sin, gardening being the root of the South's downfall.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“Gardens come and go, but I find myself getting attached to certain perennials. My tulips are bridesmaids, with fat faces and good posture. Hollyhocks… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“It seemed clear that people in love lived in constant jeopardy. They were either making love or making each other crazy.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie in the sky when you die. -Joe Hill, The Preacher and the Slave” — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“He just knew we would find luck, but believing something don't make it true.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“But I knew better: No matter where you go, the past floods back. You can try like the dickens, but you can't escape fate.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“A tofu birthday cake dosn't wreak a marriage; but if you cut the tofu into lewd shapes, you are probably asking for trouble. Looking… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“This is how the soul heals. it thaws out bit by bit, the way the ground warms after a hard winter. you notive the… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“You raise them half-decent, and they grow up and leave. They move to Miami or California-- someplace with gourmet groceries and nude beaches because… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“It paid to be cultured, just as long as you didn't start growing bacteria.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“There was another thing I had forgotten about the South: It was the one place on earth where an unsuspecting person could get killed… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
