“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing,… — Michael Lee West Children 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… — Michael Lee West Flowers 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 Crazy in love 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 Prayer Copy Share Image
“He just knew we would find luck, but believing something don't make it true.” — Michael Lee West Choices-and-consequences 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… — Michael Lee West Fate 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… — Michael Lee West Birthday cake 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… — Michael Lee West Grieving 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… — Michael Lee West Adult children Copy Share Image
“It paid to be cultured, just as long as you didn't start growing bacteria.” — Michael Lee West Humorous-quotes 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… — Michael Lee West Kindness Copy Share Image
“Everybody's always doing the same old things--- you know, doing unto others before they can do unto you.” — Michael Lee West Gossip Copy Share Image
“I was tired of well-meaning folks, telling me it was time I got over being heartbroke. When somebody tells you that, a… — Michael Lee West Death Copy Share Image
“She, if anyone, was on a hell-bound train. I mean, if you're masquerading as a do-gooder, why not go all the way?” — Michael Lee West Fitness Copy Share Image
“It's hard to explain your passions, but sometimes it is harder to live them.” — Michael Lee West Artists Copy Share Image
“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 Cotton Copy Share Image
