Gardening Quote by Jon Evans

“what did you think you were doing, then, when you went up through one door and down through another, turning this way and that,…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“...some sunny empty grass-grown court lost in the heart of the labyrinthine pile.”

— Henry James

“Labyrinths were old sorcery, and subtle: good for recharging one’s magical resources when they were running low.”

— Lev Grossman

“She's an enchanting garden full of beautiful flowers, coiled around every stem, a deadly serpent.”

— Mr. Joshua Shaw

“On the warm stone walls, climbing roses were just coming into bloom and great twisted branches of honeysuckle and clematis wrestled each other as…

— Meg Rosoff

“Ariadne in the labyrinth. The most alive of worlds, human beings with the tenderest flesh, are made of marble. I strew devastation as I…

— Jean Genet

“The nature of the labyrinth, I scribbled into my spiral notebook, and the way out of it. This”

— John Green

“Although harmony with nature is of considerable importance in planning a garden, it must never be allowed to obscure what lies at the heart…

— Tash Aw

“The first place that I can well remember, was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some shady trees…

— Anna Sewell

“Monuments of murder, how poor the thoughts, how mean the memories ye awaken, compared with those that speak to the heart of man on…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“There was a vase of flame-coloured tulips in the hall - surely the most graceful of flowers. Some thrust their heads forward like snakes,…

— Jean Rhys

“Lies twist and snarl like ever-growing, thorn-covered vines, Vines that are unavoidable, they grow from anywhere, reaching up to cut you.”

— Frank Murray