Gardening Quote by Bettye Griffin

“And he’d grown as a cactus grows, bitter and prickly and tough enough to survive what came his way.”

— Geraldine Brooks

“You told us to leave you in the desert, because you planned to start a new life as a cactus,”

— Cassandra Clare

“I look at a palm tree and see strength and perseverance. How else could this tree stand tall in such arid land?”

— Soroosh Shahrivar

“To picture the desert as a place where trees are capable of growing is an act of faith.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“I am the Love Cactus. Make desert to me.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Well what I was going to say was that it reminds me of us because a cactus can grow and thrive without a lot…

— Rebecca Bloom

“I make love like the desert. Ever implemented a cactus during foreplay?”

— Jarod Kintz

“I'm like the trunk of a cactus, I suppose." she told him. "I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then…

— Nancy Horan

“About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like, 'Damn! I am…

— Demetri Martin

“Be the cactus, a proof of unsubmission, and blossom amidst the fiercest environment.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“I’d realize that when she gardens, she never sees the seed. She is already picturing the plant it will become. I imagine she thought…

— Jodi Picoult

“Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees, he thought.”

— Paulo Coelho