Gardening Quote by Alice Hoffman

“Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.”

— Martha Hall Kelly

“But it’s fitting in a way—Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.”

— Martha Hall Kelly

“There was something that charmed her in the fact that her brother, the one true worldling in the whole tribe of Boughtons, seemed to…

— Marilynne Robinson

“I could hear the crickets and tree frogs starting their night song in the small, wooded area behind us. A faint smell of lilac…

— Laura Miller, Butterfly Weeds

“Lila had always been good at knowing when she wasn’t alone. People had a presence, a weight in the world.”

— V.E. Schwab

“Snow is bruised lilac in half light: such pure solace.”

— David Mitchell

“A bird hopped onto the foaming lilac outside. Its throat quivered; notes rose and fell out. As long as it kept singing and I…

— David Mitchell

“The scent of flowers grew stronger and came from all sides; the grass was drenched with dew; a nightingale struck up in a lilac…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Georgia had felt the colours and the rain, but she would not miss here. And there was something lost. The now-ness of things. It…

— Diana Evans

“The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac-blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid air.”

— Oscar Wilde

“The lilacs shed as I walked the bridge. My phone buzzed twice and I turned it off. The city was radiant and I felt…

— Stephanie Danler

“And we have the night ahead of us to stroll in lilac-scented gardens. Everything there is here. It is all ours. You are mine,…

— Mahmoud Darwish