Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life. - Vita Sackville-West

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The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast terrible in-between. But there is still time to seize that one last fragile moment.

Vita Sackville-West

Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.

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The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before.

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The more one gardens, the more one learns; And the more one learns, the more one realizes how little one knows.

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I loved you when love was Spring, and May, Loved you when summer deepened into June, and now when autumn yellows all the leaves.

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I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.

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A flowerless room is a soulless room, to my way of thinking; but even a solitary little vase of a living flower may redeem it.

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