Quote by Booker T. Washington

“It’s as though a cabbage tried to investigate the causes and effects of its existence,”

— Andrzej Sapkowski

“Curious anomaly, fantastic element!" said an ingenious naturalist, "in which the animal kingdom blossoms, and the vegetable does not!”

— Jules Verne

“And it is partly the transience of it that delights me; so much loving preparation, so much art and experience, put into a pleasure…

— Joanne Harris

“Be as strong as the roots and as free as the leaves.”

— Peter Yeremenko

“Pray for miracles, but plant cabbages.”

— Ken Follett

“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of…

— Albert Einstein

“(Cabbages were a Kel idiosyncrasy. They were adamant about their spiced cabbage pickles.) Appearance-wise”

— Yoon Ha Lee

“You will find very exquisite flowers sometime even on a dust-heap, as well as where humanity grows thickest and rankest.”

— Hume Nisbet

“I miss Latin. So much fun--all those exciting verbs that don't come until the end of the sentence. It's like a movie trailer for…

— Libba Bray

“I loved those Latin words for their dignity, their foreignness, and the way my tongue had to wrap around them. I felt that in…

— Abraham Verghese

“A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and covering up the details...”

— George Orwell

“I want death to find me planting my cabbages, not concerned about it or—still less—my unfinished garden.”

— Nina Riggs