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title: "1 Heart Suddenly Quotes By Patience Strong"
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> [I thought I had finished with romantic adventures, but half-way through life and well past the age for losing one's heart, I was suddenly swept off my feet by a new love, a passionate, tyrannical, all-absorbing emotion: the love of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/i-thought-i-had-finished-with-romantic-adventures-but-half-way/)

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## More by Patience Strong

> [The trees change their voices in autumn as well as their shapes. No longer do they whisper to one another in muffled tones as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/the-trees-change-their-voices-in-autumn-as-well-as-their-shapes-no/)

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> [I welcome the autumnal chill in the air. There is a stimulation about it. Life moves to a different rhythm. There is a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/i-welcome-the-autumnal-chill-in-the-air-there-is-a-stimulation-about/)

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> [In a garden you can find, quiet thoughts that calm the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/in-a-garden-you-can-find-quiet-thoughts-that-calm-the-mind/)

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> [Forget the times of trouble, but not the truths they taught. Forget the days of sorrow, but not the strength they brought. Forget the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/forget-the-times-of-trouble-but-not-the-truths-they-taught-forget-the/)

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> [New words are always being born and old ones fading away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/new-words-are-always-being-born-and-old-ones-fading-away/)

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> [Winter sunshine is a fairy wand touching everything with a strange magic. It is like the smile of a friend in time of sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/winter-sunshine-is-a-fairy-wand-touching-everything-with-a-strange/)

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> [Happy is the person who can keep a quiet heart, in the chaos and tumult of this modern world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/happy-is-the-person-who-can-keep-a-quiet-heart-in-the-chaos-and/)

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> [Every noble achievement is a dream before it is a reality just as the oak is an acorn before it is a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/every-noble-achievement-is-a-dream-before-it-is-a-reality-just-as-the/)

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> [I thought I had finished with romantic adventures, but half-way through life and well past the age for losing one's heart, I was suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/i-thought-i-had-finished-with-romantic-adventures-but-half-way/)

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> [gardening is something more than a pastime; it is a religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/gardening-is-something-more-than-a-pastime-it-is-a-religion/)

[Patience Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patience-strong/)

> [Success and failure, triumph and disaster. That is the rhythm of life in the garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/success-and-failure-triumph-and-disaster-that-is-the-rhythm-of-life/)

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> [in February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/in-february-there-is-everything-to-hope-for-and-nothing-to-regret/)

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> [Few would dispute with the rose her claim to be the queen of flowers, for where is her equal to be found? Is she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/few-would-dispute-with-the-rose-her-claim-to-be-the-queen-of-flowers/)

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> [This is the divine moment when we can hold the fairest blossom of spring in one hand and the sweetest flowers of early summer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/this-is-the-divine-moment-when-we-can-hold-the-fairest-blossom-of/)

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> [much of gardening is a struggle against the fecundity of Nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience-strong/much-of-gardening-is-a-struggle-against-the-fecundity-of-nature/)

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