Gardening Quote by Maggie Stiefvater

“A rose struggling in a desert is still braver than a flower flourishing in a rain forest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“In the spring, the little flowers came out obediently in the meads, and the dew sparkled, and the birds sang. In the summer it…

— Anonymous

“She also told me it wore down her spirit to live in the desert landscape that was parched by midsummer, to plant a garden…

— Ursula Hegi

“She wanted to be the rain, to cover him with moisture, to bring life to his seed.”

— Caris Roane

There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all…

— Harriette Simpson Arnow

“And in the fall, the cold would wither that which was known, scattering new seed. In the spring, that which had been sleeping awoke…

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

“She allowed herself the luxury of a good cry, figuring that her tears were mingling with the downpour to soak into the soil. It…

— Tracy Winegar

“Suddenly the sun rose – like a burst of hope. The dark autumn water mirrored the sky; it began to breathe and the sun…

— Vasily Grossman

“Summer was over in twenty minutes that day. Finished. At four o'clock in the afternoon the roses were quiet on their stems, full-blown, fulfilled;…

— Elizabeth Enright

“You told me once of t he plants that lie dormant through the drought; that wait, half dead, deep in the earth. The plants…

— Lucy Christopher

“A garden did not need people in order to be alive and natural. The flowers might have died, and the last leaves might be…

— Madeline Hunter

“And at last, becoming a complete misanthrope, he used to live, spending his time in walking about the mountains; feeding on grasses and plants,…

— Diogenes