Gardening Quote by Kent David Kelly

“Come, see real flowers of this painful world.”

— Matsuo Bashō

“My friends, remember this: There are no bad herbs, and no bad men; there are only bad cultivators.”

— Victor Hugo

“Small herbs have grace, great weeds to grow apace.”

— William Shakespeare

“A gardener tending to his flowers is as noble as a warrior battling his opponents.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Create a garden. Each plant heals, every flower exudes peace.”

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

“There seemed something rather devotional about her pose, the still­ness, so that I thought at last, She is praying!, and made to draw my…

— Sarah Waters

“Flowers are weak, they are naive. They reassure themselves as best as they can. They think they are being frightening, with their thorns.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“At such moments Gilberte’s plaits used to brush my cheek. They seemed to me, in the fineness of their grain, at once natural and…

— Marcel Proust

“Something told her to hide the feeling from Herb. That something, that damned something, was the sense of civilized dignity that is one of…

— Eric Kraft

“There are no bad herbs or bad men; there are only bad cultivators.”

— Victor Hugo

“People only picked the pretty, sweet-smelling flowers. The ones with thorns were left alone.”

— Nenia Campbell

“God sure picks the finest flowers.”

— Zohreh Ghahremani